Maldonado

Who is Rod deArmas? Born into hardships in the east Los Angeles barrio, illiterate in the ‘50s when dyslexia is called ignorance, when schizophrenia is closeted, and the Vietnam War adds a hero’s tragedy to his journey. Emotionally stunted, resistant to love, he fought dementia exacerbated by Agent Orange. Rod’s path from left-for-dead in a jungle, to success as a comedy writer in Hollywood is a transition he thought impossible. Will he survive, or will his his success vindicate his sorry beginnings? This is his story.