Born and raised in a Los Angeles barrio and a history graduate of UCLA, Ron Gamboa is a second generation Mexican-American whose ancestry migrated at the turn of the century to America from Mexico to escape the ensuing Mexican Revolution and seek a better life after finally settling in East Los Angeles. He has spent an entire work career with several Fortune 100 companies in the processed food, paper and plastic industries, including his own plastic extrusion business before finally retiring to his high desert home in Victorville, California where he lives with his wife of 40-plus years. He has four grown children and four grandchildren. When not traveling in his motor home looking for subjects to write about and pictures to take, he can be found pursuing his two favorite hobbies, playing golf and writing.