Zacarias Joel Olivarez was born in Weslaco, Texas and graduated from high school in Lovington, New Mexico. He was raised as a Roman Catholic, and attended parochial school at St. J...ver maisZacarias Joel Olivarez was born in Weslaco, Texas and graduated from high school in Lovington, New Mexico. He was raised as a Roman Catholic, and attended parochial school at St. Joan of Arc School in Weslaco. At an early age, he learned the joy of writing, and enjoyed composing songs, poems, and short stories as a past time. He served in the U.S. Army, and after being Honorably Discharged, he enrolled full time at the University of Texas at Austin and received his Bachelors Degree in Industrial Relation/Personnel Management. He worked fulltime to support his family while attending the University of Texas. While he has had several songs published and recorded in both Spanish and English, this will be his first published novel.ver menos