Anthony Granado holds a bachelor's degree in history (medieval philosophical, religious and political thought) from the University of Portland, and a master's degree in history (Thomism, Aristotelian thought, and political theory and Latin American Political history) from Portland State University. In addition, he has graduate level studies in intelligence and national security studies from American Military University. Before joining the USCCB, he served as a legislative assistant to the Oregon Catholic Conference, as coordinator of the Office of Justice and Peace/ Catholic Campaign for Human Development for the Archdiocese of Portland and as the Outreach Coordinator for Catholic Charities of Portland, Oregon. He has also served as an advisor to the Archdiocese of Portland; to the Citizens Budget Advisory Committee for the Department of Community Justice of Multnomah Country Oregon and on an advisory group to the Portland field office of the FBI. He speaks Spanish fluently and reads Latin, Portuguese and Italian.