Born in Jalcocotán in the Mexican state of Nayarit, Galarza immigrated with his mother and two uncles to California.[1] As recalled in his autobiography, Barrio Boy, the young man successfully navigated the cultural differences in the public school system, received a scholarship to Occidental College in Los Angeles, and then went on to earn a master's degree in history at Stanford University in 1929.
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