Career
He is currently a Vice President at Florida Crystals. Gaston Cantens is married to Ana I. Tejeda and they have three sons: Michael, Christopher and Joseph. He then received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Miami in 1982 and graduated from Saint Thomas University Law School in 1992.
He worked as an Assistant State Attorney for the 11th Judicial Circuit of Florida (1995–1998).
He was a Director of the Dade County Bar Association (1996-1999) and a Director of the Cuban-American Bar Association (1997). Cantens was elected to the Florida House of Representatives as a Republican for District 114 in 1998 and re-elected for two more terms.
Cantens is currently an executive of Florida Crystals Corporation and a leader of their public policy agenda.