A kingdom on the brink

BORN IN RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL, EDMOND SPENT OVER TWO DECADES IN CALIFORNIA, LIVING IN ONTARIO, UPLAND, and Rancho Cucamonga. He completed studies in Information Systems and Philosophy at Chaffey College.

Before enrolling in English 101, however, he first had to complete English 90 and 91, proving his proficiency in his newly adopted language. Determined to master it, he immersed himself in the classics—rereading favorites from Homer and Virgil to Shakespeare, Marlowe, Dumas, Wilde, and Austen—until he eventually became a copywriter and editor at his advertising agency.