Jay Richard DiBiaso – Writer
Jay was born in the northern hinterlands of New England and escaped to Florida after finishing graduate school at the Courtauld Institute of Art. After working in the advertising industry for over 20 years, Jay began a career as private art dealer, specializing in modern photograph. Jay is also the co-author of the biographical novel The Hardbody Chronicles: a roman à clef. Jay has lived in Miami-Dade County since 1979, and in Miami Beach since 1993.
Jesus Puente – Writer
An avid consumer of pop culture, Jesus Puente loves to critique films, music and the performing arts. He’s also about to self-publish an autobiographical fiction—in the spirit of Larry Kramer’s seminal work, Faggots—about a group of gay friends who are searching for acceptance, and ultimately, for a sense of community. Born and raised in Dallas, Jesus has been happy to call South Florida home since 2015.
Mark Funk – Copy Editor
Mark holds Bachelor in Science in Biology and a Bachelor in Fine Arts from Trinity College. With many years of high-end retail fashion experience in New York City and the surrounding area, he’s a registered nurse by day, and a fashion and film impresario by night.
Gene Huszcza – Photographer
After three years of training in Fine Arts at The University of New York, and after receiving a Bachelor of Science degree from Rochester Institute of Technology in Professional Photography, Gene spent over 25 years immersed in that fast-developing field as part of the technical staff at the film-innovator company, the Eastman Kodak Company. It was here that he began to perfect his technique and to transform his dramatic images into “photo-paintings-on-canvas.”