He is a recognized entrepreneur and community leader in Northwest Louisiana and East Texas. He is the owner of Avelar & Asociados, LLC, Avelar Ventures, LLC and Avelar Western Wear, LLC; companies in the insurance, accounting, real estate business and retail of western wear. Marcial is the host of “Avelar Informa”, an educational and entertaining program that focuses on informing Hispanics about political news, legal subjects, immigration laws, tax issues and other topics of interest to Latinos. Avelar, through the organizing of Mobile Mexican Consulates, has direct contact with the community and this service helps hundreds of Mexicans to acquire legal documents from their country. Marcial has been the winner of several awards for his business career and service to the community.