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Place of Birth: Guerrero, Mexico
About Yosimar Reyes
- Yosimar Reyes (born September 22, 1988) is a queer undocumented immigrant, poet and activist.
- He was born in Guerrero, Mexico and raised in East San Jose, California.
- Reyes has been described as "a voice that shines light on the issues affecting queer immigrants in the U.S.
- and throughout the world."Reyes uses spoken word poetry to empower queer and working class people, as well as immigrants, to tell their stories.
- He has been a guest speaker at numerous universities, community organizations, and cultural institutions across the United States including Stanford University, UCLA, Princeton University, Northeastern Illinois University, the San Francisco Public Library, the Park Avenue Armory, and the Aspen Institute.From 2016 to 2018, Reyes served as Arts Fellow at Define American, a media and culture organization founded by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas which "uses the power of stories to [...] shift the conversation around immigrants, identity and citizenship in a changing America." He moved on from the position in early September 2018.
- He also previously served as Public Programs Coordinator at La GalerĂa de la Raza in San Francisco.
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