Adrián
Arancibia is a poet, writer, and educator. He, along with Adolfo
Guzmán-López and Miguel-Ángel Soria, founded the seminal Chicano
spoken-word collective the Taco Shop Poets in 1994. Adrián
Arancibia was born in Iquique, Chile in 1971. Since 1980, he has resided
in San Diego, California. Arancibia is the co-editor of the Taco Shop
Poets Anthology: Chorizo Tonguefire and currently writes for the San Diego
Union Tribune and for national magazines like The Green Magazine. A
founder of the performance artspace, Voz Alta, he is currently completing
his Ph.D. in Literature at U.C. San Diego. In 2004, Arancibia became an
assistant professor at Miramar Community College. His creative work
depicts and comments on the lives of immigrants on the border. His
critical work focuses on performance poetry and the genre's relation to
social spaces. He thanks his parents, Adrián and Victoria who have
sacrificed everything for their children and grandchildren’s dreams. He
offers gratitude to his brothers, sisters, nieces and nephew who have
taught him that a full home and laughter are cures to all ills. With his
wife Delia, he has found that elusive step that haunts us all, balance.
Adrián Arancibia 
Adrián
Arancibia is a poet, writer, and educator. He, along with Adolfo
Guzmán-López and Miguel-Ángel Soria, founded the seminal Chicano
spoken-word collective the Taco Shop Poets in 1994. Adrián
Arancibia was born in Iquique, Chile in 1971. Since 1980, he has resided
in San Diego, California. Arancibia is the co-editor of the Taco Shop
Poets Anthology: Chorizo Tonguefire and currently writes for the San Diego
Union Tribune and for national magazines like The Green Magazine. A
founder of the performance artspace, Voz Alta, he is currently completing
his Ph.D. in Literature at U.C. San Diego. In 2004, Arancibia became an
assistant professor at Miramar Community College. His creative work
depicts and comments on the lives of immigrants on the border. His
critical work focuses on performance poetry and the genre's relation to
social spaces. He thanks his parents, Adrián and Victoria who have
sacrificed everything for their children and grandchildren’s dreams. He
offers gratitude to his brothers, sisters, nieces and nephew who have
taught him that a full home and laughter are cures to all ills. With his
wife Delia, he has found that elusive step that haunts us all, balance.