Pepe Oulahan was born in Mexico City and spent much of his youth in Madrid Spain. He and his wife now live in MIlwaukee. Pepe is a retired foundry worker, union representative and labor/community organizer. 

Pepe has been interested in word-smithing his entire life, often incorporating poems, songs and lyrical skits into his organizing work. In his retirement he is pursuing his life-long hobby and love of poetry through active membership in the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets and Woodland Pattern Book Center.