Marcos Gonsalez is an essayist and PhD candidate in English Language and Literature who lives in New York City. His essay collection about growing up a gay son of an undocumented Mexican immigrant and a poor Puerto Rican mother in white America is represented by agent Lauren Abramo and is currently on submission with publishers. His essays can be found or are forthcoming at Electric Literature, Catapult, and The New Inquiry, among other places.