YENICK M. GONZALEZ WAS BORN AND RAISED IN NEW YORK CITY. SHE IS AN ENGLISH HONORS MAJOR WITH A SPECIALIZATION IN CREATIVE WRITER AND A MINOR IN THEATRE AND FILM AND TELEVISION. SHE IS ALSO KNOWN AS DJ NICKY G ON “THE BRONX JOURNAL RADIO” PRODUCING THE “LATIN LUNCH HOUR”, “THE ELECTRIC UNDERGROUND” AND “HIP HOP: THEN AND NOW” RADIO SHOWS AT LEHMAN COLLEGE. SHE PLANS ON EARNING HER MASTERS IN ENGLISH UPON GRADUATING. YENICK’S LOVE OF BOOKS INSPIRED HER TO START WRITING POETRY AT A YOUNG AGE AND HAS A COLLECTION OF BOOKS ON POETRY AND FAIRY TALES. SHE CREDITS EDGAR ALLAN POE, JANE AUSTEN, ANN RADCLIFFE, ELIZA HAYWOOD, SHELLEY WOLLENSTONECRAFT, JULIA DE BURGOS, MISSY ELLIOT AND SIA AS INFLUENCES IN HER WRITING. SHE HAS HAD 9 OF HER POEMS PUBLISHED. YENICK HOPES TO ONE DAY WIN A PULITZER PRIZE AND BECOME PART OF THE LITERARY CANON. 

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