Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An haifi Roque Ramírez a Santa Ana, El Salvador. Gudu Daga Yaƙin Basasa a El Salvador
, ya yi hijira zuwa Los Angeles yana da shekaru 12, a 1981. Ya sami digiri na BA a fannin ilimin halayyar dan adam da M.A. a tarihi a UCLA, da kuma Ph.D. a Nazarin Kabila daga Jami'ar California, Berkeley. Ya fito a matsayin ɗan luwaɗi a shekara ta 1992.