About the Author

Eugene Troche was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico. He and Roxana — his wife of 37 years — have two children, Mauricio and Veronica, and four beautiful grandchildren: AJ, Sadie, Summer, and Cassie. Eugene obtained a B.A. in Government from Harvard College in 1984 and a J.D. from Columbia Law School in 1988. He worked as a Staff Attorney for the New Jersey Judiciary from 1995 to 2021. Before that, he was in private practice and served as a Municipal Court Public Defender. Eugene is the self-published author of All Aboard! Poetry on Rails – Heaven Bound (2004) and U-Turn and Other Poems for Christian Direction (2010). He loves to play tennis and pickleball, and enjoys playing the guitar, the Puerto Rican Cuatro, and the South American panpipes or zampoña. Eugene enjoys reading and creative writing. He also enjoys performing magic tricks, especially for his grandkids! He resides in Hamilton, New Jersey, and serves as a substitute teacher in Hamilton and Trenton.