Valentino Di Pietro Hernandez is a recent graduate from Fresno State University, where he majored in English Creative Writing and minored in Philosophy, earning an associates degree in studio arts. He likes the bizarre, magic, theatre performance, and the weird sensation when your brain falls asleep but your body stays awake. His creative work spans both written and visual mediums, with published pieces and photographs appearing in the San Joaquin Review, Flies Cockroaches and Poets, and hais: a literary journal.