I've held many positions over the course of my life, and I can honestly say that the major influence in my first works were the stories told by my Mother, Father and the rest of the family.  I am of Mexican descent and come from a large family, some of whom migrated to the United States to begin a "better" life.  Remembering the stories of their migration to the United States was the seed that started "The Attila Family Saga".  I have interwoven this work of fiction with threads of my family's history.