Daniel García Ordaz

TEDx Speaker Daniel García Ordaz, a.k.a. The Poet Mariachi, a Texas-based teacher and author from McAllen, is an established voice in Latino and Mexican American poetry. His work has been taught and written about by academics across the U.S. and abroad and he is a 2018 Pushcart Prize nominee. García has an MFA in Creative Writing from The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. He is also a singer/songwriter, former journalist, photographicationisticator, and word-maker-upper. García appears in the documentary, "ALTAR: Cruzando fronteras/Building bridges." He is the founder of the Rio Grande Valley Int'l. Poetry Festival. García served in the U.S. Navy as a Hospital Corpsman. His individual book titles include the #1 bestseller books and ebook You Know What I'm Sayin'? and Centzontle/Mockingbird: Songs of Empowerment (and its YA version), as well as the #1 bestseller ebook Pet Names. He's presently at work on a children's poetry manuscript. García's work has appeared in several journals and anthologies.