In 1996, Jaime co-founded the Latino Leadership Institute, Inc. where he still presides as President.  The Latino Leadership Institute, a not-for-profit nonpartisan corporation affiliated with the City University of New York, has trained hundreds of individuals on the fundamentals of campaign management and public policy, has hosted numerous colloquia and civic engagement projects for high school students.  In October 2015, the Latino Leadership Institute was selected by the White House as one of the Bright Spots of Excellence in Education in the Hispanic Community in the United States.

Jaime has also used his expertise to bolster the work of key nonprofits, including the Borikén Neighborhood Health Center which recently completed renovation of the first eco-friendly (Green) Health Center in East Harlem.   Jaime organized 250 families against the Los Sures Development Company, one of the worst landlords in Brooklyn. As Director for Advocacy for the Alliance for Quality Education, Jaime built, managed and coordinated coalitions of sixty community based educational and labor organizations to improve the quality of public education in New York City.  In 1996, during the presidential election, as Executive Director of the Hispanic Education and Legal Fund, Jaime spearheaded the nonpartisan registration of over 100,000 new voters in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Ohio, North Carolina and Florida.  

Jaime, who was a Revson Fellow at the Columbia University School Of Social International and Public Affairs also known as SIPA. He received his Juris Doctor from the City University of New York School of Law, his master’s in social work from the Hunter College Graduate School of Social Work, and his B.A. from Sacred Heart University in Santurce, Puerto Rico.  Jaime continues to inspire the next generation of community activists, as an Adjunct Professor, of Social Welfare Policy at Rutgers University Graduate School of Social Work.