Day 41: Prophets to Set Us Free
Carlos and the many women and men of Homeboy Industries stand as living testaments to the world we hope for, a beloved community of kinship.
Marcos Gonzales is a proud Chicano, born and raised in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles. He received his BA in Theology and Master’s in Education from Loyola Marymount University, where he would first meet the Jesuits. He served as a Jesuit Volunteer in Micronesia and was Director of School Counseling at San Gabriel Mission High School through LMU’s PLACE Corps program. He entered the Jesuits in 2011. As a Jesuit Marcos has been committed to seeking justice through his work with the Jesuit Restorative Justice Initiative, fighting for immigration reform with Jesuit Migrant Services. He recently completed his Master’s in Social Work at Loyola University Chicago, where he was a founding member of the Social Workers of Color Alliance. His critical consciousness deepened while working with youth involved in the juvenile justice system through Cook County’s Juvenile Probation Department in Chicago’s South Side. He is now working as a case manager and member of the local organizing committee at Homeboy Industries.
