Jesus Barraza

He started working as a layout editor in 1994 of the Xicana oppositional newspaper La Voz de Berkeley.

[citation needed] During this time Barraza worked for MEXA, third world Liberation Front (twLF) at UC Berkeley, Olin, National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (NNIRR), Schools Not Jails, National Association of Chicana and Chicano Studies (NACCS) and Mujeres Activas en Letras y Ciencias (MALCS).

[4] As a member of the Taller Tupac Amaru, Barraza has partnered with community organization to produce posters to help with the work they do.

In 2005 Barraza and Rodriguez received the Art is a Hammer award from the Center for the Study of Political Graphics for the outstanding work with the Taller Tupac Amaru.

Barraza has printed editions for artists including Melanie Cervantes, Favianna Rodriguez, Tony Carraza, Malaquias Montoya, Emory Douglas, Barbara Carraco, Juan R. Fuentes, Ester Hernandez, Rupert Garcia and Enrique Chagoya.