I never liked American History class in high school. I always felt like I was learning someone else’s history. I was raised in a traditional Ecuadorian household in Queens, and my parents were always reminding us of our homeland their belief that some day we would go back. The rest of the kids in my […]
Author Archives: Kevin Tobar Pesantez
Kevin Tobar Pesantez has worked as a Workshop Facilitator of the Boy’s Town Detention Center, developing spoken word, hip hop and theater workshops in Brooklyn, and as a playwright and actor in cultural programs in Quito, Ecuador. Kevin was a member of The Forum Project, New York’s first ever Theatre of the Oppressed performance troupe and worked as a housing advocate at University Settlement, a social services organization in the Lower East Side. He also serves as an editor and contributing writer for 2Leaf Press. Email him at k.tobar.pesantez@gmail.com.
