Clark Taylor began his life-long career in social change work as an ordained pastor who worked in peace and justice issues in the sixties. Clark was a founding faculty member at the College of Public and Community Service, University of Massachusetts at Boston, where he worked for thirty years.

Clark organized a Department of Community Planning, then evolved to teach Latin American Studies, with Guatemala as his country of focus. Clark is the author of the book Return of Guatemala's Refugees: Reweaving the Torn (Temple University Press, 1998).

With his wife Kay, he is co-leader of a solidarity partnership between their local United Church of Christ parish and the village of Santa María Tzejá in Guatemala's northwest region, with twice-yearly delegations to the village, now completing its nineteenth year.

Clark is retired from teaching and is currently writing a book on education in Guatemala, with the working title, Critical Education in Guatemala: Seeds of Freedom.