Aya de Leon
American novelist (born 1967) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Aya de Leon (born 1967) is an American novelist and activist who teaches at the University of California Berkeley. She first came to national attention as a spoken-word artist in the underground poetry scene in the San Francisco Bay Area, and a hip-hop theater artist. de Leon is of Puerto Rican, African-American, and West Indian heritage, and much of her work explores issues of race, gender, socio-economic class, body, nation and the climate crisis.
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Born | 1967 (age 56–57) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
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Nationality | American |
Education | Harvard University (BA) Antioch University Los Angeles (MFA) |
Parents | Taj Mahal Anna de Leon |
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