Gladis Alvarez  
  Born in 1969 in Brooklyn, New York, and currently residing in The Bronx. Gladis is the mother of two sons, ages 10 and 8. Gladis currently works for an alternative-to- incarceration program and attends Hunter College.  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 To date, her work has gone unpublished.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."