Currently residing in Philadelphia, Juan is part of the Puerto Rican diaspora. He spends a lot of his time exploring the concept of identity within the diaspora. He works as a bilingual copyeditor for a curriculum company and has been a teacher of English and Spanish for over five years. He enjoys cycling, taking photographs, the summer sun, and indulging in things he cannot afford. Juan is currently working on publishing his first short story collection, Heartbreak Over Coffee.
