He is originally from Belle Glade, Florida and has been in the city since 2007 in search of his muse- Langston Hughes. He is published in Brooklyn Poets Anthology; Paragram; Promethean; Turtle Island Quarterly; Deep Water Literary; Killer Whale; and Suisun Valley. He is presently pursuing a MFA in Poetry at the City University of New York. His first collection, “Close to the Tree” was published in 2012 by Three Rooms Press. Information about the book can be found at www.threeroomspress.com.