Joel Flores is a Chicano writer from occupied Ohlone land, a.k.a., the Bay Area. Since graduating from the University of Arizona with dual degrees in Philosophy and English Literature, he has published poems in La Raiz Magazine, where he has also served on the Review Panel. Currently, Joel is developing a set of essays that address issues within Chicano Indigeneity and Philosophy. Although relatively new to the literary world, Joel is deeply involved with his local community, having volunteered and worked for over a decade in North Fair Oaks, a place colloquially referred to as “Little Michoacan.”