Martinez, John: - John Martinez was born and raised in Long Beach, California as were his mother and father. They were working class people. Each of Martinez's grandparents emigrated to the United States from Mexico over a century ago. He attended public schools until his graduation from high school. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in political science from the University of Pittsburgh. He then received a Juris Doctor's degree from Loyola law school, Los Angeles. Martinez practiced law for eight years until he was appointed to a state judgeship by then Governor of California, Jerry Brown. He retired from the bench twenty-two years later as a state Superior Court Judge. His major passion, aside from the law, is the reading of philosophy. A work of his entitled, Dogma's Primrose Path, was published in 2015. It is an argument that many of society's most intractable problems rest at the doorstep of both religious and secular dogma. He and his wife still live in the Los Angeles area.