Ignacio Martín-Baró

At the end of September 1961, he began his studies in classical humanities at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador in Quito.

On graduating, he travelled to Bogotá, where he studied philosophy at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, run by the Jesuits.

In 1966 he returned to El Salvador, where he got a job as a teacher and academic coordinator at the Externado San José.

Returning to San Salvador to continue his studies, he obtained his bachelor's degree from St John Berchmans University College, Heverlee, Belgium, in 1970.

He was a member of the editorial board of UCA Editores and Estudios Centroamericanos (ECA), the Salvadoran Journal of Psychology and the Costa Rican magazine Polémica.

[1] Martín Baró argued that psychology should be developed to address the historical context, the social conditions and aspirations of the people.

[7] Explaining why reparations are a crucial part of the national reconciliation processes: "It is clear that no one is going to return to the imprisoned dissident his youth; to the young woman who has been raped her innocence; to the person who has been tortured his or her integrity.

"[8] "... a mind that was probing and humane, wide-ranging in interests and passionate in concerns, and dedicated with a rare combination of intelligence and heroism to the challenge his work sets forth to construct a new person in a new society."

It is an equally important resource for those who seek ideas and examples for developing 'indigenous psychology' from the base of marginalized people's lives, in coalition with them."