Marcos Damián León
is a teacher and writer from the Salinas Valley. He holds an MFA from The University of California, Riverside, and is pursuing a Ph.D. at Texas Tech University. He is currently working on a young adult novel about two boys who struggling against violence and machismo to decide what kind of men they want to become. His work has appeared in The LA Review of Books, Taco Bell Quarterly, Latino Book Review, The Monterey County Weekly, and others.