Juan J. Morales is the son of an Ecuadorian mother and Puerto Rican father. He is the author of three poetry collections, including The Siren World and The Handyman’s Guide to End Times, winner of the 2019 International Latino Book Award. His poetry has also been featured on CSPAN2 and published in Copper Nickel, Pleaides, terrain.org, Poet Lore, Hayden’s Ferry Review, Breakbeats Vol. 4 Latinext, and other journals. He is a CantoMundo Fellow, a Macondo Fellow, the Editor/Publisher of Pilgrimage Press, and Professor and Department Chair of English & World Languages at Colorado State University-Pueblo.