Claim: Tommy Pico,  an indigenous writer, poet, and podcast host,  grew up on the Viejas Reservation, and had started writing comics at age of five, and created zines as a teenager.
Evidence: Tommy Pico is an indigenous (Kumeyaay Nation) writer, poet, and podcast host. Pico grew up on the Viejas Reservation of the Kumeyaay nation, near San Diego. Pico started writing comics at age 5, and as a teenager created zines and wrote poetry.