Manuel Quezada has been working in the field of Education since 1995. His first teaching opportunity was in 2000. From 2000 through 2004, Manuel taught history at Elizabeth Learning Center and then at Stevenson Middle School. In January of 2004, Manuel was recruited and hired as the Director of UNA-USA’s Global Classrooms program in Los Angeles (GCLA). He worked as the Director until September of 2004. He was then hired as an Associate Educator at the Skirball Cultural Center and as an Adjunct Instructor at Westwood College in Torrance, where he has taught courses in political science, history, and sociology.

Manuel is a native Angelino. The son of Mexican immigrants, he was born and raised in Boyle Heights, just east of downtown Los Angeles. He attended LAUSD schools (Malabar Elem., Belvedere Junior, & Roosevelt High School) and graduated in 1994. After high school, Manuel began his post-secondary education at Long Beach State, but finished-off at California State University, Los Angeles. In 2000, he received a Bachelor of Arts in Social Science, with an emphasis on History, and a minor in World Politics. In 2006, he received a Master of Arts in Political Science, with an emphasis in International Relations, and Political Theory (also from California State University, Los Angeles).