La Bloga: INTERVIEW WITH ALEX ESPINOZA

“Alex Espinoza was born in Tijuana, Mexico, the youngest of eleven children; his family came originally from Michoacan. He grew up in the city of La Puente, just outside of Los Angeles. Espinoza attended San Bernardino Valley College before transferring to the University of California-Riverside, where he earned his BA in Creative Writing. He went on to receive his MFA from UC-Irvine, where he was the editor of the university’s literary magazine Faultline. Espinoza has worked as a gardener, an egg candler, a teacher, and a salesman and retail manager, selling everything from used appliances to furniture and custom-framed art to rock T-shirts and body jewelry. Starting in fall 2007, Espinoza will be an Assistant Professor of English at California State University, Fresno.”

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