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Julius Lamunn North
Julius Lamunn North is an educator in Houston, Texas. He was born in Alief Texas. His parents are Rufus North and Ivory North, and he was the first born of his three siblings Ileshia, Eleshia, and Jamal. Growing up, family meant everything to young Julius. At 11 years old, Julius sold his first poem to a friend for $1.00 so he could give to his girlfriend, after that he sold his writings to others ever since. Through a strange twist of fate, one of his writings was collected by a teacher in math class and they called his parents saying he was not paying attention in class and read the poem to his parents over the phone. This actually brought his writing to his parents attention. At 12, his parents encouraged him to pursue his writing and entered him into writing contests all the time. By age 13, he began winning awards for his writings and he wrote his first book of poems, "Love", in 2002, dedication to his girlfriends and family members. Julius attended Lamar University and as a freshman founded a male mentoring program for incoming freshman named AAMP that the university has used until this day. Julius is a first generation college graduate student from Lamar University. North went to school for electrical engineering but during his time in college, he was also a basketball referee for Beaumont ISD. During his time officiating he had a moment of clarity when he ran into a player from a game he officiated and the player thanked him for being so encouraging to him on the court and this was months later. It was then North decided to become an educator. Currently, North is teaching elementary in Houston. In his spare time, North continues to pursue his passion of writing and hopes to one day become a top selling american author.