Born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico and raised in rural Northern California, he moved to New York City in 1999 and received a BA in Sociology from Hunter College in 2007. He went on to work with Esperanza Del Barrio, an organization devoted to the betterment of the Latino/a working class, eventually serving as the organization’s Executive Director. In 2012, he graduated from the Documentary Photography/Photojournalism program at New York’s International Center for Photography. (more…)