Diana Garcia (poet)

Diana Garcia (born August 3, 1950) is an American poet.

Life
She was raised in California and is the oldest of three children. Her parents were migrant field workers who lived in a farm labor camp, California Packing Company Camp #15, when she was born. She graduated from Merced High School in 1968 and attended Fresno State College for one year before leaving college to work and care for her son. She graduated from San Diego State University with an MFA in Creative Writing. She then was chosen to fill a one-year visiting professorship at Central Connecticut State University. Upon completion of that one-year contract she was hired as a full-time professor. She teaches creative writing at California State University, Monterey Bay.

Awards

 * 2001 American Book Award

Works

 * Valley Language (2007)
 * Valley Language (2007)