Paul Rivas is the author of This Book Will Not Be on the Test, published by Rowman & Littlefield in 2019.

Prior to discovering study skills, he studied literature in Mexico City, backpacked from Spain to Syria, performed stand-up comedy in Spanish in Buenos Aires, and traveled from Argentina to the United States by bus.

Paul has a BA in Mathematics, Sociology, and Spanish from UC Santa Barbara, and an MA in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages from The New School.

He lives by the beach with his trilingual wife and Barry the Study Dog.