Tony Santa Ana is a doctoral candidate in the International/Multicultural Education department at the University of San Francisco and identifies as a HELLA Bay Area Pin@y, born in San Francisco and raised in San Jose, CA. He has performed his poetry in different parts of the world, self-published a world travel photo/poetry book, published articles and a recent book, Pilipinx Radical Imagination Reader, produced musical CD’s, created non-profit promotional videos, traveled with an urban dance company, co-wrote & co-produced a multimedia Hip Hop theater production and is was on the production team of Universal Self (potential Off/On Broadway one man show) and has been performing with the SF Bay Area artist collective, #GetFree. As an scholar artivist and lover of life, he continues to transform himself to become a better human being.