Omar Columbus is a photographer, poet, curator, advocate, and an Air Force veteran. A native of North Carolina, now residing in the Coachella Valley, he enlisted after high school and served for 12 years on active duty. An Operation Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom veteran seeking healing and comfort from post-traumatic stress, his poetry and photography have become his creative outlets. Omar has always believed that events in his life have been compelling. He is now learning to work through his trauma creatively, talk about those things, and heal through his art.