Dr. Luis Oswaldo Esparza is originally from Tototlán, Jalisco, Mexico, but raised in the Inland Empire region of California. He identifies as Queer, Joto, Xicano, Nepantlero, and, most importantly, a transnational activist.  He began his academic journey at San Bernardino Valley College in 2012.  Subsequently, he transferred to California State University, San Bernardino (CSUSB) where he graduated with a BA in Media Studies and an MA in Communication Studies. He concluded his formal education at the University of New Mexico (UNM) where he was the first recipient of a PhD degree in UNM's history. Luis has also served as a GA and part-time faculty at CSUSB, UNM, and Central New Mexico Community College. He was the advisor for UNM’s MEChA and Coyote Pack chapters. Currently, he is an Assistant Professor in the Queer Studies Program and the Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies at California State University, Northridge (CSUN).

His pedagogy style is greatly influenced by de-colonial thinkers like Paulo Freire, Frantz Fanon, Gloria Anzaldúa, bell hooks, Enrique Dussel, and Ramón Grosfoguel.  With his research, activist work, and methods of teaching, he seeks to humanize and empower himself, his students, and our community in order to liberate and transform our world. He hopes to one day see a world free of eurocentrism, racism, hierarchization, homophobia, transphobia, machismo, patriarchy, and any other kind of system of oppression. Un mundo Trans-moderno (Dussel, 1993). Un mundo sin fronteras!