Episode 6, part two, From inmates to Spiritual Entrepreneurs

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Alex Avila, a native New Yorker, hails from the Bronx, New York City. A Black Latino Honduran, he explores issues of identity and biculturalism in his works of prose and poetry. He is a Cal State University creative writing MFA graduate, with a specialty in multi-modal digital storytelling. Alex serves as an editor and writer of Ghost Town, the national literary. He was accepted into the Iowa’s Writer’s Workshop, one of the top writing programs in the United States, where he studied advanced poetics. In 2006, Mr. Avila attended the University Of Iowa on a scholarship, in the department of social work. Alex is a member of The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, and Sigma Tau Delta English Honor Society. Mr. Avila has worked with Rickerby Hinds, playwright and professor from the University of California, Riverside as a co-writer for Buckworld One, Uncovered: A Pageant of Hip Hop Masters,and Uncovered 2. He also worked with Maura Townsend on Project21Dance. Mr. Avila has authored Nina Simone Tribute, Katrina Dedication poetry and Black History Civil Rights poetry, dance performances, and also performed with Rev. Bronica Martindal’s The Last Emancipation. Mr. Avila is currently a motivational speaker for English Learners in the San Bernardino school district and is an English professor at Cal State University, San Bernardino.