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W. Joseph Garcia

W. Joseph Garcia (born December 21, 1949) is an American writer on the subjects of baby sign language, medical sign language, and fingerspelling. He has written several books including Dr. Joseph Garcia's Complete Guide to Baby Sign Language.

Birth and Family: Garcia was born in Waukesha, Wisconsin to a mixed-race Native American/Afro-American mother and a Caucasian father. At age 3.5 he was adopted into an African American family. He has one Native American/Afro-American mixed-race younger sister, also adopted. He is married and lives in Bellingham, Washington.

Education: In #### Garcia earned a Bachelor of Arts degree with a focus on sign language, special education and non-profit administration from (name). In #### he earned a Master of Arts in Liberal Studies with a focus on early childhood development language acquisition, and cognitive development from (name). In ####, he earned a Doctorate of Education from (name).