Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Roque Ramírez akaberekerwa muSanta Ana, El Salvador. Kutiza Hondo Yenyika Yose muSalvador
, akatamira kuLos Angeles aine makore 12, muna 1981. Akawana B.A. mune zvepfungwa uye M.A. munhoroondo paUCLA, uye Ph.D. muEthnic Studies kubva kuYunivhesiti yeCalifornia, Berkeley. Akabuda pachena kuti aiva ngochani muna 1992.