Joseph Ross was born in Pomona, California, just outside of Los Angeles. After studying English at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, he taught high school in Southern California and then went on to receive an M.Div. at the Notre Dame University. He taught in Notre Dame’s Freshmen Writing Program before moving to Washington, D.C. in 2000, where he founded the Writing Center at Carroll High School, taught at American University, and currently teaches in the Department of English at Gonzaga College High School.
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