Robert López was saved in the Mandarin Baptist Church of San Fernando Valley in his late thirties. He emerged from an unorthodox childhood, some of which has been published in his 2015 book, "Jephthah’s Daughters: Innocent Casualties in the War for Family Equality." From a Political Science degree at Yale and arbitration for NYC's labor unions to a bilingual court advocate at Hispanics United, and a paralegal in Manhattan and then as a translator for Nickelodeon Latin America. He traveled from the Congo to Haiti and throughout Latin America before returning to SUNY Buffalo to earn his PhD. He taught for many years before saying his Christian faith was more important than tenure, and vacated his lifelong appointment and benefits. Dr. López believes that literature and the creative arts are an integral component in evangelization. He views his years in secular liberal education as the training ground, which helped him to understand the importance of fighting for Christian values in popular culture and in arts & letters. He continues to be active as a researcher and writer. Dr. López met his wife in 1999 and has been married to her since 2001. They have two children.