At the age of 13 he immigrated to the City of Lawrence where he attended the public schools and in 2004 graduated from Lawrence High School. He attended Merrimack College and graduated with bachelor"s degrees in Political Science and Communications Studies with a minor in Woman"s Studies.
Prior to running for office Vasquez ran/coordinated multiple campaigns including but not limited to Niki Tsongas" Congressional Campaign in Lawrence (2007), Marcos Devers state representative campaign (2010), and his predecessor Modesto Maldonado"s campaign for city council (2009). Lawrence City Council
In 2011 incumbent city councilor Modesto Maldonado declined to run for re-election prompting Vasquez to run. Massachusetts Democratic State Committee.
He was elected City Councilor of the City of Lawrence, Massachusetts representing District C (Arlington and Towerhill Neighborhoods) on November 8, 2011 becoming the youngest Dominican-American elected official and the youngest member of the incoming Lawrence City Council.
