Dario Beniquez was born in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, and raised in Far Rockaway, NY. He is a poet and engineer. He is an Army veteran and lives in San Antonio, Texas. For over 23 years, he has facilitated the Gemini Ink Literary Arts Center Open Writers' Workshop, which is free to the San Antonio community. He, also, facilitates the Voices del la Luna Literary Magazine poetry workshop, which he established. He holds a BEIE from Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY; M.P.A., and M.S. in Industrial Engineering, from New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM; and an MFA from Pacific University, OR. His poetry has been published in The Brave: a Collection of Poetry and Prose, Red Palm Poetry Magazine, TEJASCOVIDO Literary Journal, San Antonio Express-News, Chrysalis Literary Journal, Mesquite Review, The Texas Observer, Mojave Desert News, di-vêrsé-city, Austin International Festival Anthology; VIA Poetry on the Move Anthology, the Caribbean Writer, Kuikatl, 30 Poems for the San Antonio Tricentennial Anthology, I Had Once Seen Anthology, San Pedro Creek Poetry Anthology-San Antonio River Authority, El Placazo, Humble Pie Literary Magazine, Rio Grande Review, McNay Art Museum, Exhibit: "Robert Indiana: A Legacy of Love," Unstrung Poetry Magazine, and elsewhere.