He earned a degree in philosophy from Pitzer College. In 2007, he received a grant to bring poetry workshops to impoverished children in Soweto, South Africa. In 2009 and 2011, he continued that work with kids in Brooklyn, NY and Mumbai, India, respectively. A collection of the poems from that project to date can be found at http://sawubonapoetry.wordpress.com. His work has appeared in The Antioch Review, Epiphany: A Literary Journal, and The Brooklyn Review. When not in San Diego, he lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Valerie, and his dog, Sancho. Paola Capó-García