Andrew Zaragoza

Andrew Joseph Zaragoza Jr. is a fellow Angeleno born in Lakewood, CA, raised in Southeast Los Angeles' Gateway Cities, and graduated from California State University, Dominguez Hills, BA in Psychology with Honors in the Major. He's currently pursuing a therapist graduate program to test subsequently as a board-certified Music Therapist (MT-BC) and operating OpenHeart Spoken Word.

His work can be found via two internationally published collections titled XI: A Collection of Poetry on Being Human and Second Chances in the Fall: An Account of Hope, music platforms, digital social media platforms, and working full time in mental health organizations. 

As a musician, Andrew has contributed to several projects with artists and organizers such as Life Love and Mythology with Lionel Richie's duet collaborator, Anthony "Da Boogie Man" Rucker, The Musical Mosaic with Jonboi, KSM's Shelby Spalione, and Threads of Compassion featuring Dawn Koyote of The Black Noise Theory and Milipede.