Jesus Francisco Sierra emigrated from Cuba in 1969 to San Francisco’s Mission District. His work has appeared in Zyzzyva, Los Angeles Review of Books, Gulf Stream Literary Journal, The Bare Life Review, The Acentos Review, and Lunch Ticket among others. He is one of the founders of the Rooted & Written program at The Writers Grotto and is currently part of the Advisory Board. He holds an MFA from Antioch University Los Angeles. He is currently at work on his first novel.