Tin Solider: Valentine Tapia Tells Own Story of Redemption in Compelling New Book.
Now in his mid-fifties, Valentine Tapia has achieved a lot. A mature graduate of Cal-State University, Tapia has garnered accolades including the Editor’s Choice Award at Poetry.com and CSUSB’s Speak of the Year in 2006. As an eight-time General Elections Inspector and father to two beautiful children, he has a lot to be proud of. However, what makes his story different is that, until the age of forty, Tapia resided in prison.
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