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Adrián Ochoa Quintana was called as the second counselor in the Young Men general presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in April 2009. He served in that calling until April 6, 2013, when he was sustained as a general authority and member of the Second Quorum of the Seventy.

Elder Ochoa was born on March 7, 1954, in San Francisco, California, to Eduardo and Consuelo Ochoa. He was raised in Los Angeles, California, and Chihuahua, Mexico. As a young man, Ochoa served as a public affairs missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ in Mexico.

Elder Ochoa holds a bachelor's degree from Universidad Regiomontana and master's degrees from Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey and the Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon. He has worked in advertising and film production.

Elder Ochoa was the president of the Honduras San Pedro Sula Mission of the Church of Jesus Christ from 2004 to 2007. He has also been an area seventy and a counselor in the Mexico North Area presidency. Ochoa has also been a branch president, an area public affairs director, and from 1987 to 1995 was the president of the Monterrey Mexico Mitras Stake.

Ochoa married Nancy Villareal in the Mexico City Temple. They are the parents of five children.

Talks

• "Is the Plan Working?," April 2022 General Conference talk

• "Look Up," October 2013 General Conference talk

• "Aaronic Priesthood: Arise and Use the Power of God," April 2012 General Conference talk