Don, Amos: - Born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts to Haitian parents, where it was hard embracing my ethnic culture, because I wanted to fit in with black and brown Americans in my community. The difference in culture, despite me sharing the same hue as them, led to bullying and ultimately unfocus in school. At the early ages in elementary's 3rd grade I noticed I loved reading and writing. I started developing ideas for storytelling. Unfortunately, my insecurity and distraction from school led me to fitting in with the neighborhood bullies until anger took a hold of me and eventually contributed to my incarceration. After losing my freedom, I began to pursue my education on my own. Reading became key to unlocking me from ignorance. Later I enrolled in the prison education programs and successfully earned certificates from Spectrum's (Criminal Thinking) and the NEADS Dog program.Nowadays I enjoy educating myself on my Haitian culture, writing short (fictional) stories, and performing the art of Spoken Words Poetry, which I would love to share with you all.