Angel Garcia

About The Author

Angel Garcia is a digital resistor, poet, writer and a community outreach worker who dreams to someday open a writing school for teen youth. He was born in Guatemala thirty years ago with Cerebral Palsy. His Mama came to the United States in 1985 in search of a better life. Due to his disability, she could not bring him with her. In 1990 at the age of 14, Angel could wait no longer, so he came across with a coyote. He is a survivor of gangs, drugs, homelessness, and poverty. This is Angel’s first novel.

About The Book

“Gangs, Drugs, and Denial” is the story of Angel’s struggle with poverty, homelessness, drug addiction, and disability. As a Latino immigrant, and former gang banger, he wrote this book as a testament of his survival and of being able to get out of the gangs. The book is a tribute to all the vatos who have died on the streets. The struggle is never completely over. May the future change for the better.