Ricardo is an award-winning screenwriter and the author of the Detective Byone novels and Armond Fontenot Mysteries. He is a documentary filmmaker with award-winning titles including Hope's City (2019) and Take it on Faith (2021) and was named one of the Top Hot 100 Screenwriters of 2018 by the Capital Fund Screenplay Competition.
Ricardo is an avid reader, travels extensively with favorite destinations in the United States South and international locations in South America and Europe. He is a fan of sci-fi, detective, and horror genres, classic art and music. He resides in Northern Virginia with his family where he continues to write and make independent films.