David Escobar

Dr. David Escobar formally served as an Administrative Aide to former Fourth District Supervisor Steve Kinsey in Marin County for 15 years. Prior to this role, he worked as a parole and probation officer with the Marin County Probation Adult Division. After 21 years of dedicated service with the County of Marin, he retired early to assume the position of Director of the State-mandated rehabilitation and re-entry program at San Quentin State Prison.

Identifying as an Indigenous Salvadoran, Dr. Escobar is a proud member of the Lenca-Poton Nation. He has served as a delegate to the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York for several years under the auspices of the American Indian Movement-West.

In his academic pursuits, David has taught courses on Indigenous Perspectives at Dominican University and Holy Names University, Sonoma County Youth Correctional Facility, as well as Substance Use Prevention at Santa Rosa Junior College. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Humanities from New College, a master’s in organizational leadership from Saint Mary's College, and a Ph.D. in Anthropology and Social Change from the California Institute of Integral Studies. His doctoral work focused on indigenous navigation of modern colonial bureaucratic systems, in particular the United Nations. He is a member of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, the Indigenous Journalists Association, the Latin Roller Lowrider Car Club, and the Sonoma County Lowrider Council.  

David has been published several times and contributed to various publications, including the Marin County Independent Journal, Nectar Magazine, Point Reyes Light, and Kaiser Permanente's Latino Association Newsletter. Notably, he authored a peer-reviewed chapter titled "Lowriding as an Ancestral Healing Phenomenon" in the Lowrider Studies Reader.