David Perez

David Perez is the author of the poetry collection "Love in a Time of Robot Apocalypse" published under Write Bloody Press. He tours regularly throughout the United States and Canada, and has competed at the Individual World Poetry Slam and the National Poetry Slam. A recipient of the Arts Council Silicon Valley Fellowship for Literary Art, Perez has led poetry outreach programs for youth communities throughout the Silicon Valley, and has coached two poetry slam teams competing in the Brave New Voices Festival. He has also given workshops at Santa Clara University, San Jose State University and the University of California, Santa Cruz. In 2010 he earned an MFA in creative writing from Goddard College. He currently lives in San Jose, California.