Born in July 31, 1944 in San Francisco, he learned to speak English when he started to school. He earned his BA from Stanford University, his MA from Columbia University and was a PH D candidate at the University of California at Berkeley, He studied in London on a Fulbright scholarship.
He has been a teacher, journalist, educational consultant, televsion spokeperson. He earned the Peabody Award in 1997.
His books have been widely acclaimed and recognized for their complexity in showing some aspects of being in America with a Mexican heritage.
HUNGER OF MEMORY, THE EDUCATION OF RICHARD RODRIGUEZ 1981. "socially disadvantaged child to fully assimilated American"
DAYS OF OBLIGATION, AN ARGUMENT WITH MY MEXICAN FATHER (1992) Nominated for the Pulitzer Prize
BROWN: THE LAST DISCOVERY OF AMERICA the changing demographics inAmerica.
He is now writing THE GOD OF THE DISERT, aboutJudaism, Christianity, and Islam.
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