This article memorializes Ron E. Franco Durán (1963-2022), an associate professor in the Los Angeles Clinical Psychology PhD program at Alliant International University. Franco Durán's education and academic careers are summarized. It is noted that he was faculty sponsor to the Latino Student Association and advised dissertations for many Latinx and other Black, Indigenous, (and) People of Color (BIPOC) students. Following a life-altering stroke in 2016, Ron remained committed to community work centered on people with chronic medical conditions and systemic factors related to academic and social adjustment of first-generation college students. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).