Daniel García Ordaz

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TEDx Speaker Daniel García Ordaz is the the author of 

  • You Know What I’m Sayin’?  El Zarape Press, 2006

  • Cenzontle / Mockingbird: Songs of Empowerment FlowerSong Books, 2018

He is a founder of the Rio Grande Valley International Poetry Festival and a Pushcart Prize nominee. His writing centers on the creative power of language. García is a teacher at La Joya Early College High School. His poems have appeared in numerous literary journals, academic collections, and anthologies.

García is also a song-writer and former newspaper journalist. He appears in the documentary, ALTAR: Cruzando fronteras/Building bridges about the late Gloria E. Anzaldúa. García has been a featured reader and guest at numerous literary events, including the Dallas International Book Fair, McAllen Book Festival, Texas Library Association, and Border Book Bash, among others.