Penn State Altoona will host programs by award-winning author, speaker, and equity and inclusion strategist Carlos Andrés Gómez on Tuesday, Oct. 18. Gómez will conclude his visit to Penn State Altoona with a spoken word performance from 6 to 7 p.m. in the Fireside Lounge of the Slep Student Center.

Gómez is a Colombian American poet and speaker from New York City. He is the author of the poetry collection “Fractures” and was selected by former U.S. Poetry Laureate Natasha Trethewey as the winner of the Felix Pollak Prize in Poetry. Gómez is a star of HBO’s “Def Poetry Jam” and the Spike Lee film “Inside Man,” starring Denzel Washington.