Efren Laya Cruzada

Efren Laya Cruzada is a poet who was born in the Philippines and raised in the small town of Alice, Texas. He studied English and American Literature and Creative Writing at New York University. He is the author of Grand Flood: a poem. His poems have been published or are forthcoming in The Ekphrastic Review, Tiny Seed Literary Journal, The Tiger Moth Review, The Stardust Review, The Closed Eye Open, Discretionary Love, and others. He now resides in Austin, Texas. (efrenlayacruzada.com)