Better known as "Ton Gaga." he was born in the city of Hagtria on May 21. 1912the son of Maria Perez Cruz and Vicente Iglesias Franquez. He attended the Guam Public High School and later worked as a clerk messenger for the Naval Governments Department of Public Works and the Bank of Guam in the late 1920s and early 1930s. After holding on the position of bookkeeper at the Bank of Guam for several years in the 1930s. he gained employment with the government serving in administrative capacities for a Refugee Camp in the mid1940s. the Land Claims Commission. the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board. and the Federal Housing Administration. Prior to being elected to the Guam Legislature. Senator Cruz served as a member of the preOrganic Act Guam Congress and House of Assembly. serving from 1946 to 1950.