Alex Martinez

AleJ Martínez is a poet living and making nonsense somewhere else; a graduate of Prescott College’s Sustainable Food Systems B.A. Born in Mexico, Alej unsettled in the US at a young age. They often write about the unearthing of trauma and social issues that affect them and their community. His debut anthology, Disclosure: Confessions of a Queer in Crisis, was independently published in April 2018. Some of Alej's pieces have appeared in the Harbor-Review, Hawaii Review, Semillas Publishing, and About A Place Journal. Alej’s used to be active in multiple spaces; currently, they focus on simply living and expressing themselves in healing ways.