Rigoberto González is the son of Mexican migrant farm workers who was born in California. His work often recounts the hardships and prejudices endured by gay Latinos and immigrant workers in general. He won the American Book Award for his memoir Butterfly Boy: Memories of a Chicano Mariposa, “a beautifully executed portrait of the experience of being gay, Chicano, and poor in the United States” (Publishers Weekly) English Graduate Student Organization, Eng. Dept. & Barzakh literary journal.