[3] After acting, he enrolled at Columbia College Chicago[4] where he obtained a degree in graphic design which he used to start his career as an artist.
[7] Sotomayor was interred at Rosehill Cemetery following a mass of Christian burial; close friends held a private memorial a few weeks later in accordance with his wishes.
Being at the head of ACT-UP's Chicago branch, he phoned government officials to enact lasting changes, advertisement networks to get them to promote his team's sexual education posters, and community leaders to organize marches.
In 1990, his most notable "zap" consisted of making his way to the top of Chicago's Cook County Building and displaying a flag that read "We Demand Equal Healthcare Now".
Soon after his entry into the activist scene and coupled with his continued love for drawing, journalist/activist Paul Admas helped him land a regular position as a cartoonist for Windy City Times.
[11] His cartoons consisted of sarcastic tones embedded in caricatured versions of public officials, community leaders, and government members.
He criticized health departments, the law, insurance companies, and even the LGBT+ community (specifically their tendency to fight with one another when the battle, to Sotomayor, required unity).
[12] In one of his earliest cartoons made in 1989, which propelled him into a higher echelon of political importance, he calls out George Bush (the President of the United States at the time).
[2] He continued to demand government officials to act on various AIDS-related legislature and strived to feature safe-sex posters in mainstream outlets.