Eduardo Duran, PhD was born in northern New Mexico and at age 14 his family relocated to California. He worked in the fields as a migrant farm worker and at age 17 enlisted in the U.S. Navy where he served for 6 years on board submarines and other vessels during the Vietnam war. Once he was discharged he became interested in psychology and began his studies and at the same time began working for the Navy as an engineering psychologist.
His path took a turn after his last visit with his grandfather in that he changed career trajectory to that of becoming a clinical psychologist. He attained his PhD degree and has worked as a clinical psychologist in rural Indian country for over twenty years. He has travelled around the world sharing his insights into "soul wounding." He is author of Native American Post Colonial Psychology, Healing the Soul Wound: Counseling with American Indians and Other Native People and Buddha in Redface.