Ivan Diaz

Ivan Diaz was born and raised on the Lower East Side of New York City. He has a BA from Brooklyn College and a MS and Ph.D. from Touro College and Trident University. Dr. Diaz is the author of the books On the Nature of the Puerto Rican Universe and Full Blue, and has written for Hispanic Link Weekly Report/Hispanic Link News Service, which is distributed by the L.A. Times. His Ph.D. dissertation covers education and linguistics, which he utilizes as a high school English teacher for the New York City Department of Education and for the youth in East Harlem's Community Board 11.