Tomás E. Robles Jr. currently serves as a Co-Executive Director of Arizona Center for Empowerment. Tomás became involved in grassroots organizing and activism after Senate Bill 1070, an anti-immigration bill that legalized racial profiling in Arizona, passed. Tomás became a community organizer in 2010, helping to promote civic engagement and comprehensive immigration reform. Since then, Tomás has worked with various organizations, working for different causes such as immigrant and worker rights, Veteran's issues, and housing discrimination.

Tomás is the son of Mexican immigrants, was born in Tucson, AZ, and raised in Phoenix, AZ. He is a veteran of the United States Marine Corps and is a graduate of Arizona State University with a Bachelor of Arts in Transborder Studies with an emphasis on immigration policy and economy.