| Diana Garcia | |
| Birth Date: | 3 August 1950[1] |
| Birth Place: | San Joaquin County, California, United States |
| Nationality: | American |
| Alma Mater: | San Diego State University |
| Genre: | poetry |
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| Awards: | American Book Award |
Diana Garcia (born August 3, 1950) is an American poet.
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.[2]