“Battling Depression on the Inside,” Leo Cardez

“Dealing with Mental Health,” Leo Cardez

“Mr. Crew Cut,” Leo Cardez

Artist Bio: Leo Cardez is an award winning essayist and playwright living in a human warehouse on the fringes of society. He is a two-time winner of the PEN America Award and Pushcard Press Prize – nominated for his creative nonfiction. He is the author of the play Zoo Story (pending professional production) and 2022 book, Visiting the Prison Blues (anthology, PEN America). Mr. Cardez’s writing has appeared or is forthcoming in The Evening Review, Under the Sun, The Abolitionist, Crime Report, NYU’s Harbinger Review and elsewhere. He can be reached at Leo.Cardez.Writer@gmail.com