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Renan Salgado

Renan Salgado was born in Quito, Ecuador in 1973, lived in Brooklyn during his teenage years, and attended Randolph High School in Harlem. He obtained a B.A. in Creative Writing from SUNY Binghamton. He has worked as a community relations coordinator at Barnes & Noble. For the last eight years he has been involved
in the struggle for justice for farm workers with Farmworker Legal Services of NY, specifically under the human trafficking project. Renan has performed at local venues since 2004 under the stage name SAI (South American Immigrant); he is the music and lyrical composer/producer of more than 200 hip hop/spoken word songs,featuring various artists in the Rochester community (Including Henry Padrón & Jahaka Mindstorm). Renan is fluent in French, English, and Spanish and is a proud resident of the University Ave. community.

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