John D. Evans grew up in Chicago, Illinois. He graduated from Morris Brown
College in Atlanta, Georgia with Cum Laude honors in the spring of 1996 with a Bachelor
of Science degree in Marketing. In the Spring of 2002, Evans earned a Master of Arts
in Special Education from Saint Xavier University in Chicago, Illinois. In the Spring
of 2005, Evans earned a Master of Arts in Education School Improvement and Leadership
from Olivet-Nazarene University in Bourbonnais, Illinois.
Evans is author and founder of The Evans Poetry Collection (TEPC, Inc.): Acres of
Green and Oceans of Blue: Diary of a Runaway (2000), More Than a Club Kid: Man
Versus Self (2002), Things That Make My World Go 'Round: A Poetic Memoir (2003),
and How Deep I Can Be: Lessons and Confessions (2004), Diary of a Renaissance Man (2007).
