About

HENRY C. LOZANO is a prominent advocate for drug-free communities across America. His advocacy work has taken him from Teen Challenge, a faith-based ministry for intervention, and recovery support services in Southern California to serving in multiple presidential and Cabinet appointments as an advisor on national prevention efforts. Today, Henry is serving as an inaugural USDA Faith and Opportunity Fellow under the current White House administration addressing the opioid and fentanyl crisis.

His life continues to be a modern-day story. As a former addict, he has made it his life’s mission to equip and empower whole communities to make prevention a priority. Henry’s life, set to the backdrop of the borderlands of California and Mexico, of addiction and advocacy, is a testament to God’s saving power and unmerited grace.

Henry now lives in Southern California with his wife Paulette.

  • Paulette and I attending the 2007 State Dinner with President George W. Bush, First Lady Laura Bush, General Powell, and Alma Powell. My service record literally refects that God alone has placed me in every appointment.

  • FEDERAL PRISON MUG SHOT TO MY WHITE HOUSE PORTRAIT. God is bigger than any giant we face. It doesn’t matter where you have been. Transformation is possible for anyone. My life’s mission is to help those who have strayed to recover.

  • My brother Bob sits on the horse as I stand next to Pops, whose strong character and hard work led the farming community.

  • My sister, Jamie, Pops, Mom, my brother Bob, and me at Alley 19, a favorite restaurant of my parents in Mexicali right over the border.

  • ADDICTS AND DEALERS: TEMPIE AND I. Tempie was pregnant with our son Paul, who was born addicted to heroin. My brother Bob stands on the right.

  • God kept promoting me for being faithful. Here I stand as a student and crew foreman of the Teen Challenge Ministry. Below, I am serving as an active director.

  • Pioneering the Imperial Valley Teen Challenge Ministry in 1985.

  • In 1990, I had the privilege of being the keynote speaker at the President’s National Leadership Conference in Washington, DC.

  • DIRECTOR OF TEEN CHALLENGE MINISTRY RIVERSIDE, CA. Fulfilling my call as an ambassador for the Lord, I didn’t waver to do what He set before me. Stay encouraged. God has a calling for your life.

  • In the Rose Garden in 2002, President George W. Bush announced me as a co-chair of the White House Drug-Free Communities Advisory Commission.

  • In 2007, I sit in the White House Oval Offce for a meeting as the presidential-appointed deputy assistant to President Bush and director of the USA Freedom Corps.

  • At the 25th Red Ribbon Anniversary in 2014, honoring Special Agent Kiki Camarena. I stand next to important leaders and the head of the DEA, Michelle Leonhart.

  • Representing the CA Reentry Program as a team member at Folsom State Prison in 2015.

  • In 2016, I was part of Sen. Rob Portman’s team to pass the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act bill. The initial funding was $180M. In 2022, the bipartisan bill passed in the amount of $946M.

  • My life would never have been complete without my amazing wife, Paulette. Her love and strength as a God-fearing woman carry me. This is our Native traditional wedding Easter Sunday 2004.