User:Twinkie2006/Ivan Atilla Corona

Ivan Atilla Corona was born on January 28, 1982 to Luz Corona and Victor Corona Sr. He has two older brothers, Adrian and Victor. He has no children and currently is traveling the country in order to realize his dream of becoming a poet much like his hero Charles Bukowski.

Childhood

Ivan lived for the first few years of his life in a neighborhood known as "Preston" in Nogales, Arizona. His father worked in the produce industry and after a few years they decided to buy a home in Rio Rico, Arizona. Ivan attended Mountain View Elementary and Calabases Middle School, also in Rio Rico, Arizona. As children he and his brothers did many things you would expect from children growing up in the rural southwest. Although Ivan's pride and joy is his knowledge of music. From early on his older brothers encouraged a love for music. From classic rock and roll to punk to new up and coming independant artists, Ivan continues to feed his thirst for good music.

Highschool

In highschool Ivan met his first girlfriend, Melanie Carter. They were and still are very fond of each other, keeping in contact through email and IM. They dated through most of Ivan's highschool career. Wearing a long black leather trenchcoat to school every day made most students avoid him but for those lucky few who found themselves counted among his friends. For fun Ivan played Chess and also learned to play the bass guitar. Several friends and he put together a small band for a while. Ivan is mostly remembered from his highschool days as the guy who carried the "Anarchist Cookbook" in his backpack along with the supplies necesary to make most officials and parents very nervous. For this he was eventually expelled from the highschool where he went on to get his diploma from Pimeria Alta Alternative Highschool. Soon afterwards he joined the United States Army.

Military Career

Ivan Atilla Corona joined the United States Army in 1999 not only to serve his country but to escape the small town where he grew up. After attending boot camp, Ivan went on to specialize in Artillary. After September 11, 2001 he was posted at Davis Monthan Airforce Base in Tucson, Arizona as a Military Police Officer. He was posted in Tucson for the majority of his enlistment. Ivan spent much of his free time traveling to Los Angeles. While in Tucson, Arizona he met a girl by the name of Jessica Pina and went on to marry her after two weeks. Although the marriage was short, it had a lasting effect on Ivan. She went on to marry another and have children. Ivan went on to roam the country.

Exploring our Urbanity

Ivan left Tucson after he finished his military enlistment and went on to live in various locations around Phoenix, Arizona. While in Phoenix, Ivan spent much of his time at places like The Paper Heart and The Bikini Lounge. Though these are two of his favorite bars, he sampled the scene at many places around town. Eventually he became a bar promoter and spent most of his nights roaming the city in search of a good party. Ivan always has had a knack for picking out interesting little bars in the most unexpected places.

Soon Ivan decided to travel to Los Angeles and try the life of a street poet. While he loved what he was doing he found it very difficult to survive at times. He stayed with a myriad of people that included trendsetters, designers, streetwalkers, gutter punks, and even the occasional model. The life was fast and fun, filled with surprises. Ivan spent a lot of time in Hollywood reading his poetry on the corners for change and admiring the tenacity and creativity of those around him just trying to survive. Eventually, he decided that it would be time to go home and stay with his family for a while.

Ivan returned to Nogales and stayed for approximately 14 months until he became once again bored and frustrated with small town life. He simply could not stand the domestic conformity that surrounded him there. He wanted so much more than the small town life. He missed the lights and the noise and the smell of the city. He was leaving again.

Right Now

Currently Ivan is traveling the country by any means available working his way towards New York City. There he hopes to be truely inspired to write his poetry and eventually put together a book. With his current love interest in tow we can be certain to someday see interesting things from this young man.