Daniel García Ordaz

Daniel García Ordaz, a.k.a. The Poet Mariachi, a Texas-based teacher and writer from McAllen, is an emerging voice in Mexican American poetry. His work has been taught and written about by academics across the U.S. and abroad. García has an MFA in Creative Writing from The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. He is also a 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 book titles include You Know What I'm Sayin'? and Centzontle/Mockingbird: Songs of Empowerment (and its YA version). He's presently at work on a children's poetry manuscript. García's work has appeared in several journals and anthologies.