At the time of a 2010 profile in the Los Angeles Daily News, Mark was a critical-care nurse who was working in procedural sedation in the colonoscopy unit of Kaiser Permanente Hospital in L.A.’s Woodland Hills neighborhood.

“Dad had a lot of lean years as an actor. He wanted me to get a job where you get a steady paycheck every two weeks regardless of the economy,” Mark explained to the newspaper.

Mark also said he got his work ethic from Ricardo. “Any role Dad had, he immersed himself in,” he said. “I do that here. I don’t carry a beeper or cell phone because I don’t want to be distracted. I want my patients to know I’m totally here for them.”