Gabriel is a poet, educator, and organizer based in the Bay Area, California. A VONA and Poetry Incubator fellow, he has received awards from the University of California, Palette Poetry, and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. Gabriel is the inaugural poet in residence at The Ecology Center and Shelterwood Collective, where he uses poetry and arts education to uplift local legacies of resistance rooted in environmental justice. He is a co-founder of The Root Slam, an award-winning poetry venue dedicated to inclusivity, justice, and artistic growth, as well as Write Home, a project working to challenge public perceptions of houselessness and shift critical resources to houseless Bay Area youth through poetry and arts programming.
Gabriel is of Black, white, and Panamanian descent. His work explores power, identity, belonging, and gold teeth.
