Robert Collazo Jr.

Website: http://www.robertcollazojr.com/

Robert G. (Bob) Collazo Jr. very much enjoys writing short stories and poetry in his spare time. He writes short stories about his life experiences, and inspirational poetry about friends, co-workers, and of course, family. Bob has been writing poetry since back in college in 1971.

In November 2010, Bob will mark his 32nd year working for the U. S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).  He is presently working as a supervisory investigator for the U. S. Dept of Agriculture/Food Safety and Inspection Service.  He has thoroughly enjoyed working for the Agency, and he has especially relished meeting all his friends along the way.

In the fall of 2009, Bob was the Incident Commander during Hurricane Ike. During that storm he led teams of USDA Investigators through hundreds of warehouses, distributorships, school districts, etc.  His teams detained and obtained voluntary destruction of approximately three-quarters of a million pounds of meat, poultry, and egg products that had lost their integrity due to the power outages. His experiences were creatively recounted when he wrote a poem, “A Storm Called Ike”.  This poem was published in the USDA/FSIS official publication, News and Notes (November 2008 Edition), as well as in USDA/FSIS’s Office of Management’s The Beacon (November 2008 Edition).

Bob plans on retiring from the USDA in January 2011, and hopes then to work full-time on his writing.  He also hopes to publish his poems, and short stories, at that time.  He has already started writing a murder mystery concerning a (favorite) government agency, so stay tuned!