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Tim Z. Hernandez (born February 16, 1974) is an American writer, poet, and performer. ==Early life== Born in Dinuba, California, Hernandez was raised in the San Joaquin Valley of Central California, where he lived in predominantly farm-worker communities in the agricultural region. His family roots are in Texas, New Mexico, and East Los Angeles. Early in his life, Hernandez's parents were migrant farmworkers, following the seasons across the southwest, including California, Oregon and Wyoming. It was during this time on the road that he developed an interest in travel and stories. In his adolescent years, Hernandez was immersed in acting as well as visual arts. He participated frequently in school plays and poetry recitation contests as a kid. As a teenager, he focused mainly on painting. He met the artist Joseph De La Cruz in 1990 and began his first apprenticeship at the age of 16. In 1999, he apprenticed with bay area muralist Juana Alicia on a traditional fresco mural located at the San Francisco International Airport. From 1996-1998 Hernandez studied poetry and performance at CSU Long Beach under the tutelage of Juan Felipe Herrera. Here he also studied with poets, June Jordan, Li Young Lee, and performance artists such Guillermo Gomez-Pena, and Commedia dell'arte. He earned his B.A. degree in Writing & Literature from the first accredited Buddhist institute in the west, Naropa University.〔http://www.naropa.edu/news/pressreleases/0801hernan.cfm〕 He holds an M.F.A. in Writing & Literature from Bennington College in Vermont. He is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Texas El Paso's Bilingual M.F.A. Creative Writing program. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tim Z. Hernandez」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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