Willian E. Vargas was born in 1966, in the city of San Miguel, Department of San Miguel, El Salvador. He left El Salvador in 1981 because of a civil war, lived in Mexico City, then moved to America in July 1984. In college, he excelled in writing courses despite disliking writing. He worked for a pharmaceutical company for more than 32 years before his retirement. William is currently fighting stage 4 colon cancer.