Trinidad Sanchez, Jr. was an award winning poet, author of five books, lecturer, and community activist. He mentored poets of all ages - from elementary school students to adults - throughout the country, particularly in the states of Michigan, Texas, and Colorado. He belonged to a broad and diverse poet community. Sanchez was born in Pontiac, Michigan. He attended Catholic schools and seminary and was a Jesuit brother for over 25 years. After leaving the seminary, Sanchez continued his work in prison ministry. His close relationship to his father was an essential reason for his advocacy work with fatherhood projects. The topics of his poetry include fatherhood, youth, food, culture, and the erotica. His acclaimed style and poetry within the poetry community garnered artist-in-residence projects in school districts across the country, particularly in the states of Michigan, Texas and Colorado. He was highly respected in the arts and within the Mexican American community and has two poetry festivals named in his honor (Detroit, Michigan and San Antonio, Texas). In 2007, Sanchez posthumously received the President's Peace Commission Award from Saint Mary's University in San Antonio, Texas. The collection reflects these aspects of Sanchez's life. Also included in the collection are draft manuscripts of his unpublished work and by poets who sent him work to review and comment on. Among the manuscripts are poems written by his uncle and his father who co-authored a book of poems early in Sanchez's career.