'Breaking Bad' Actor's New Public Role

"Breaking Bad" actor Steven Michael Quezada wants to make a difference in the state that he and his show call home.
The 49-year-old actor who plays Agent Steven Gomez on the AMC drama is seeking a spot on the Albuquerque, N.M. school board. Quezada is running unopposed to represent a newly created district on the city's growing West Side.
Quezada has lived in Albuquerque all his life, where "Breaking Bad" has filmed for the past six years. Quezada also attended public schools in the district he hopes to represent.
"This is my home and where I want to work," Quezada told ABCNews.com. "We're hurting out here and we need people who can go out and engage our community. I think it's my destiny to do that."
Quezada says his priorities would be to shrink class size, encourage more charter schools, and promote arts programs.
"I want to protect the performing and visual arts because they're always the first to get cut. Art curriculum can be used as a way to educate," he