Fernando Guerra

professor of political science at Loyola Marymount University and director of its Leavey Center for the Study of Los Angeles

Fernando Guerra is Professor of Political Science at Loyola Marymount University and Director of its Leavey Center for the Study of Los Angeles. A practicing Catholic, he sits on the board of The Tidings, a publication of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles.

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