Gaspar Orozco was born in Chihuahua, Mexico in 1971. The most recent of his poetry collections are Memorial de la Peonía, and, with Brooklyn artist Jairus, Game of Mirrors, an interactive e-book with English and Chinese. He was a member of the punk rock band Revolución X in the 1990s and co-director of the 2011 documentary lm Subterraneans: Mexican Nortña Music in New York. A career diplomat, he currently serves as Deputy Consul General of Mexico in San Diego.