BORN IN VENICE (LOS ANGELES), CALIFORNIA TO AN 18 YEAR-OLD FLOWER CHILD AND A CHICANO POET, JOAQUIN WAS TAUGHT TO TRUST IN THE POWER OF LOVE, THE WAYS OF THE EARTH, AND THE INSTINCTS AND INTUITION OF THE HEART. HE GREW UP ON REGGAE, DYLAN, PREM PAL SINGH RAWAT, VEGETARIAN FOOD, AND SUDDEN FURY

JOAQUIN GREW UP TRAVELING THE USA, AND HAS LIVED IN AN ADÓBE HOUSE, A TENT IN A CORNFIELD NEXT TO A HIGHWAY, THE SUBURBS, THE BEACH, THE DEEP WOODS, OTHERS' COUCHES, AND A LUXURY HIGHRISE IN MANHATTAN

JOAQUIN LIBERATED HIMSELF FROM HIGH SCHOOL ON HIS 16TH BIRTHDAY, AND WORKED MANY JOBS: DISHWASHER, TAXI DRIVER, HORSE GROOM, A.M. RADIO DJ, ROOFER, LABORER, LANDSCAPER, DEAD CHICKEN COLLECTOR, DOG FOOD SWEEPER

JOAQUIN EVENTUALLY OPTED TO PURSUE FIRST AN A.A.S AT A COMMUNITY COLLEGE, AND THEN HIS B.F.A AT NYU'S FILM SCHOOL, MEANWHILE WORKING SUCH JOBS AS COUNSELOR, TEACHING ASSISTANT, DARKROOM ASSISTANT, PHOTO RETOUCHER, ASSISTANT EDITOR, CINEMATOGRAPHER AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTOR

AS OF TODAY, JOAQUIN'S MUSIC, WORDS, AND ART HAVE BEEN LAUDED AND STOLEN BY THE MOST DISCERNING FOLK; HIS CINEMATOGRAPHY HAS SCREENED AT THE FILM FORUM IN NYC; HIS BOOKS UNABASHEDLY (AND GLEEFULLY, EVEN) INFLUENCE THE MINDS OF TOMORROW'S LEADERS, AND HIS POLITICAL ESSAYS STRIKE FEAR IN THE HEARTS OF MINUTEMEN AND BUCHANANITES AROUND THE NATION.

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