ɚɹˈɪdʒɪnəli ɐ pɑːɹtˈɪsɪpənt ɪn ɐ pˈoʊɪtɹi sˈɪɹiz kˈɔːld tˈɑːkoʊ ʃˈɑːp pˈoʊɪtɹi hˈɛld æt ðə sˈɛntɹoʊ kˈʌltʃɚɹəl də lˌæ ɹˈɑːzə, hiː fˈɔːɹmd ðə kˈoːɹ ʌvðə spˈoʊkən wˈɜːd slˈæʃ pɚfˈoːɹməns ɡɹˈuːp tˈɑːkoʊ ʃˈɑːp pˈoʊɪts ɐlˈɔŋ wɪð ædˈɑːlfoʊ ɡˈʌzmənlˈoʊpɛz, toʊmˈɑːs ɹˈaɪli, ænd ˈeɪdɹiən ˌæɹɐnsˈɪbiə.
Originally a participant in a poetry series called Taco Shop Poetry held at the Centro Cultural de la Raza, he formed the core of the spoken word/performance group Taco Shop Poets along with Adolfo Guzman-Lopez, Tomas Riley, and Adrian Arancibia.