Mauricio Novoa was born and raised in Glenmont, MD to Salvadoran refugees. He attended Gettysburg College in Gettysburg, PA, where he lived after graduation. There he worked with middle and high school students in a Migrant Education after-school program, helped tutor in adult ESL classes, and volunteered at Casa de le Cultura programs. He briefly relocated to Austin, TX, where he volunteered at Resistencia Books and the Barrio Writers program in Pflugerville. He received his Master’s degree from Queens University of Charlotte. Memorias From The Beltway is his first full-length collection of poetry. His work has also been published in La Horchata Zine, The Petigru Review, Acentos Review, Blue Mesa Review, Latino Book Review, The Mixtape Literary Journal Vol. 2, and the anthologies The Wandering Song: Central American Writing in the United States, The BreakBeat Poets Vol. 4: LatinNext. , and This Is What America Looks Like: The Washington Writer’s Publishing House Anthology Poetry and Fiction From DC, Maryland, Virginia. He currently lives in Gettysburg with his partner, tortoise, and dog.