Biography

The College of New Jersey - Engineering

Author, Professor of English, Community Innovator at City College of San Francisco
Benjamin
Bac Sierra
San Francisco, California
A modern day renaissance homeboy, Benjamin Bac Sierra was raised by a widowed mother and the San Francisco Mission District streets. After his honorable service in the United States Marines, where he participated in front-line combat during the first Gulf War, Ben completed his B.A. in English at U.C. Berkeley, earned a teaching credential and a Master’s in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University, and merited a Juris Doctor degree from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. Currently, he is a professor at City College of San Francisco, a board member for the Bay Area Inspire Awards, and a community innovator and speaker throughout the Bay Area. Ben’s essays and stories have been published in newspapers and literary magazines, including World Literature Today, where he was featured as a prominent emerging author. His first novel Barrio Bushido was presented a Best of the Bay Award and an International Latino Book Award. In 2016, U.C. Hastings College of the Law La Raza Students Association honored him as an Alumnus of the Year.