At the age of six he immigrated to the United States, where he attended high school in Atlanta, Georgia.
After a short time in law school, he chose to attend Marquette University and pursue an M.A.
and Ph.D. in Systematic Theology in 1984,[1] Goizueta was named one of the 10 most influential Hispanic-American educators, pastors, and theologians by The National Catholic Reporter.
In addition to being president, Goizueta was also a board member of the Catholic Society of America from 1998 to 2000.
If they are able to break this barrier, it is an even greater challenge to integrate without losing the distinctive qualities of one's practice (in his case, Latino theology) to the homogenization/Americanization/Westernization that much of the world is subjugated to.
[6][7] In his book Caminemos con Jesus, Goizueta analyzes the lived faith, or popular religion, of Latinos in the United States.
Goizueta also says that the bonds of solidarity found between Latinos help affirm humanity in the face of social forces that would dehumanize them.