We are near the release of my debut poetry book, Born on the Border! You can find a few poems from the collection in this blog.

I was born and raised in the border town of Brownsville, Texas.

Growing up, I didn’t realize my hometown was such a politicized area. My first memory of this reality was around 8 years old in downtown Brownsville. I saw a group of people hitting a piñata of a brick wall. I was too young to understand the gravity of that experience then.

I’m hoping that people will listen to my point of view as someone from the border. I have so much more to say, but these poems are what I have to say right now. I hope it makes people where I’m from proud.