Oscar Gomez

Oscar Gomez Jr. was a Mexican-American Chicano who was active in the 1990s while attending the University of California Davis. Gomez died in unexplained circumstances in 1994 while attending a student protest.

Early life and education Gomez was raised in Baldwin Park, California. at the University of California Davis from 1990 until his 1994 death. Gomez was posthumously awarded his degree in March 2022. Later in 2022, Gomez's death was featured in season two of LAist's podcast Imperfect Paradise. During the 2022 Day of the Dead traditional holiday period, inspired by the podcast, University of California, Santa Barbara students held a vigil for Gomez and built an altar on the university's Manzanita Village campus.