Jennifer Ruth Almiron

b. 1976

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Jennifer Almiron is a poet, musician (violin, piano, voice), and lifelong learner.  She was born in Brooklyn Heights Hospital and grew up in the bucolic farmland of suburban New York.  She attended Hackley School, Amherst College, and both UCLA and California State University.  She is currently enrolled in a teacher credential program for English at CalState LA, where she plays violin with Aguila del Oro, a Mariachi Band.  Her autobiographical essay, “I am She” was published by Philippine Artist and Writers Inc. She has won the G. Armour Craig award for Writing at Amherst College as well as the Yamaha Mind Institute Music Teacher Grant, while at her post as Music Teacher at the Los Feliz Charter School for the Arts in Los Angeles.  A New Yorker, in Los Angeles, Jennifer has been active in the Arts community in her role in the Los Angeles Opera College Advisory Committee. She lives with her husband and two children, Leo and Everisto, who inspire her to “Write On.”

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Jennifer Ruth Almiron

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Jennifer Ruth Almiron

b. 1976
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Jennifer Almiron is a poet, musician (violin, piano, voice), and lifelong learner.  She was born in Brooklyn Heights Hospital and grew up in the bucolic farmland of suburban New York.  She attended Hackley School, Amherst College, and both UCLA and California State University.  She is currently enrolled in a teacher credential program for English at CalState LA, where she plays violin with Aguila del Oro, a Mariachi Band.  Her autobiographical essay, “I am She” was published by Philippine Artist and Writers Inc. She has won the G. Armour Craig award for Writing at Amherst College as well as the Yamaha Mind Institute Music Teacher Grant, while at her post as Music Teacher at the Los Feliz Charter School for the Arts in Los Angeles.  A New Yorker, in Los Angeles, Jennifer has been active in the Arts community in her role in the Los Angeles Opera College Advisory Committee. She lives with her husband and two children, Leo and Everisto, who inspire her to “Write On.”

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  • Born: Brooklyn, NY, USA
  • Based: Los Angeles, CA, USA

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