Marcos Aguilar was born in Mexicali, Mexico. He graduated from UCLA in 1994. Marcos Aguilar participated in the student movement at UCLA helping to organize the United Community and Labor Alliance, an Education Committee Coordinator in MEChA from 1989-1991. Marcos participated as a danzante in Danza Mexica Cuauhtemoc-West Los Angeles. Marcos was arrested in the Faculty Lounge student take-over. Marcos was a hunger striker in the movement which followed. He has done extensive research on the history of the Mexican people and is an intense student of contemporary Mexican politics and culture. He is active on several transborder civic projects. He is a teacher at a local high school.

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