Armando "Mandy" De Leon

With nearly 40 years of experience in financial consulting, Armando J. De Leon brings extensive knowledge and a distinctive touch to every client relationship. He holds dual bachelor's degrees in business and science from the University of Portland. Armando began his career in Corpus Christi with Touche Ross CPAs where his developing accounting background in auditing, taxes, and management systems eventually facilitated his path into the financial world. The social skills in addition to the financial literacy growth opened an opportunity for Armando to join Merrill Lynch in 1986. Armando has worked alongside his trusted assistant, Diana Paris, since then and with his son, Alex—now President of Spotlight Financial—for more than 20 years. He takes pride in building lifelong relationships and considers his clients, their siblings, and their grandchildren as part of his extended family.

‍

Active in the community, Armando is a member of the Padre Isles Rotary Club, has coached youth soccer and basketball in Flour Bluff for more than 15 years, and serves as a Eucharistic Minister at St. Andrew's Church. Outside of work, he enjoys swimming, bike riding, working out at the gym, and highly appreciated snow-skiing which he is praying to return to after two knee replacements. Most of all, he enjoys spending time with his family, especially his three sons and four grandchildren.