{"id":20,"name":"Itzolin Garc\u00eda","url":"","description":"Itzolin Valdemar Garc\u00eda was born in San Antonio, Texas August 5, 1975 to Norwegian-American writer Mia Kirsi Stageberg and the late Chicano activist and poet Cecilio Garc\u00eda-Camarillo. Itzolin began life in the ferment and inspiration of the Movimiento. He grew up in Albuquerque, and after dropping out of high school started over in San Francisco. He graduated from Yale 1998 with a B.A. in English Literature with Distinction and was awarded Best Senior Essay in Literature for \u201cCity of Liquid,\u201d his study on Juan Felipe Herrera. His graduate studies at Duke University and Stanford were funded by the Ford Foundation. Itzolin struggled passionately over his own identity and what it can and should mean to be an artist, Chicano, soulful thinker, bicultural individual, loving man and potential teacher. He died tragically May 2, 2003. The gifts he left us through writing remain. More about him can be found at www.itzolin.org. For information on his writing, contact miastageberg@gmail.com.","link":"https:\/\/alternativepublications.ucmerced.edu?author_name=itzolin","slug":"itzolin","avatar_urls":{"24":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e08a1f7bf881f1c40c8a13222742654a?s=24&d=mm&r=g","48":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e08a1f7bf881f1c40c8a13222742654a?s=48&d=mm&r=g","96":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e08a1f7bf881f1c40c8a13222742654a?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativepublications.ucmerced.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativepublications.ucmerced.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users"}]}}