Gladis Alvarez        
     
  Born in 1969 in Brooklyn. New York, currently residing in The Bronx, New York; is a mother of two sons, age 10 and 8. Gladis currently works for an Alternative to Incarceration program and will be attending Hunter College, Spring semester 2000. She has been writing poetry since age 12. To date, her work has gone unpublished. As an aspiring poet, she undresses her soul for the world to see, thus assuming the name of "Soul."