Jonathan Daniel Gomez is a third generation Chicano, born and raised in the East Los Angeles community of City Terrace. He was born on October 23, 1984 to a single mother and a family of support. He believes in the power of The People and a state of mind that is
for, what Susanne Cesaire calls, a “permanent readiness for the marvelous,” and, what raulrsalinas calls, a “love-political.” He believes, together, both are important tools for envisioning and constructing the new society. He is currently a Ph.D. student in the Department of Sociology at UC Santa Barbara, by way of “Sidewalk University,” East Los Angeles Community College and UC Santa Cruz. For him, like George Jackson, “it
always begins with mama,” Diane Gomez. Together, she, family, comrades and mentors, who he dedicates this collection of writings, drive his motivation forward to achieve his many goals and to find “peace in the struggle.”
