Writer, visual and performance artist de’Angelo Dia, has studied art in Athens Greece, Guadalajara Mexico, and Nairobi Kenya. His artistic influences include Martha Cooper, Boogie,Chicano and street art. He has earned his Bachelor of Science in Applied Communication and Sociology from Appalachian State University and his MA, with a concentration in Cultural Studies and Literature from The University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

He is a member of God City, www.godcity7.net ; Alumni of the Artist Round Table of The Afro-American Cultural Center; Co-Founder of 3rd World Magazine and Animal Cracker Stories.