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I was born and raised dirt-poor in Nogales, Arizona (that’s a small town on the U.S./Mexican Berlin Wall in case you blink and miss it on your drive through). Read more...


The Los Angeles Times Article

Read the front-page, Sunday edition, three-installment feature article that chronicled my downward spiral as a first-time LAUSD high school teacher. Full Story


Frida María Acuña

My wife Marvilla and I had our first baby, Frida María Acuña, on February 3, 2008. Full Story