In her spare time, Agnes attended and graduated from Chaffey College. When she learned the Rancho Cucamonga Police Department was asking for volunteers for the Citizen Patrol unit, Agnes completed the training, including the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) and spent several years in the unit.
Agnes endured the hardship of being a battered wife, and having a premature baby, but it didn’t prepare her for the ultimate tragedy she would have to face. Her first born child, Ronald, at 29 years of age with two sons of his own, was murdered by a previously deported illegal alien gang member. The loss of a child creates despair no one should have to endure. Knowing it was an intentional act by someone who should not have even been present in our country made it even worse.
Agnes again turned her volunteerism toward what she had personal experience with. She accepted leadership of a support group for relatives and friends of murder victims. With publicity efforts and community outreach, the group grew and eventually became a chapter of the national organization, Parents of Murdered Children (POMC). Agnes did this for thirteen years. Learning of the thousands of survivors of people killed by illegal aliens, she wanted to change the focus of her activism. She turned leadership of the POMC chapter over to others and withdrew from that organization to become an advocate of securing our border and enforcing immigration laws. Many like Agnes have chosen to speak out about what happened to their family members and call for a secure border and an end to illegal immigration. They have become known as Angel Moms and Angel Families.