David Campos
David Campos was born in Ventura, California, and was raised in Ventura and Fresno. He occupied many jobs while attending Fresno City College, and California State University, Fresno where he earned a BA in English Education and was the co-winner of the Andres Montoya undergraduate scholarship award for creative writing. Concurrently, he was a member of the spoken word troupe The Parking Lot Prophets, and he cofounded the literary radio show Pákatelas on KFCF 88.1FM Fresno. While attending the University of California, Riverside for his MFA, his short screenplay “NAMES” was chosen to be the first production of the Theatre department. Also at Riverside, he helped kick start the I-Promise Joanna Anti-Bullying campaign alongside California Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera in coordination with the Gluck Fellows Program of the Arts.
Campos's poems have appeared in American Poetry Review, Boxcar Poetry Review, Huizache, Packinghouse Review, Verdad, In The Grove, and Miramar, among others. He lives with his wife in Fresno, California, where he teaches English at Fresno City College and College of the Sequoias.
Campos's poems have appeared in American Poetry Review, Boxcar Poetry Review, Huizache, Packinghouse Review, Verdad, In The Grove, and Miramar, among others. He lives with his wife in Fresno, California, where he teaches English at Fresno City College and College of the Sequoias.