Mauricio NovoaMauricio Novoa was born and raised in Glenmont, MD to Salvadoran refugees. He attended Gettysburg College, where he lived briefly after graduation. There he worked with middle and high school students in a Migrant Education after-school program, helpd tutor in adult ESL classes, and volunteered at Casa de le Cultura programs. He received his Master's degree from Queens University of Charlotte. Memorias From The Beltway is his first full-length collection of poetry. His work has also been published in The Petigru Review, Acentos Review, Blue Mesa Review, Latino Book Review, the anthology The Wandering Song: Central American Writing in the United States, and is forthcoming in The BreakBeat Poets Vol. 4: LatinNext. He currently lives in Austin, TX with his partner and pet tortoise, where he volunteers at Resistencia Books and the Barrio Writers program in Pflugerville. Read More Read Less