Rafael Jesus Gonzalez                                              

 

Rafael Jesús González, professor emeritus of Creative Writing & Literature at Laney College, Oakland, CA where he founded the Mexican & Latin American Studies Dept., was four times
nominated for a Pushcart Prize and was honored by the National Council of Teachers of English for his writing 2003. Also a visual artist, he has exhibited at the Oakland Museum of California, the Mexican Museum of San Francisco, Galeria de la Raza, among others. He received a César Chávez Lifetime Achievement Award 2013 and one from the City of Berkeley, CA 2015. In 2017 he was named Berkeley's first Poet Laureate.  Read more about Rafael here!