Rafael handles the fulfillment of the orders you place with our company, as well as answers your day-to-day questions about order status and shipping details. So whether your order is 1 case or 1000, he is the man to contact about the status or your order, or to make special shipping requests.

His job is challenging, as Booman Floral specializes in unusual plants. Shipping requirements and strategies vary crop by crop, season by season.

Raised in Southern California, Rafael graduated in 2006 with a degree in Biology from University of California Santa Cruz.

Don’t let that mild mannered voice and sweet smile fool you. Rafael has a wild side. He heads to the hills every other week to enjoy his favorite hobby: paint balling! So don’t blame us for those bruises you see when he greets you. He is also a video game enthusiast. He favors WarCraft, an on-line strategy game. He also likes watching mixed martial arts matches.

This is Rafael’s first time to work in a greenhouse, which is a far different place than the biology lab he used to work in . When asked how he likes the environment, he said “I’m familiar with it because my father used to work in greenhouses. I enjoy it. It is challenging. I’m more of an outdoor type, and I did not like the restricted environment I had to work when in Biology Labs.”