David Garcia Saldana is a Los Angeles-based Mexican American Chicano composer whose choral work draws on folk music and traditions. His compositions have been performed by the Los Angeles Master Chorale, SACRA/PROFANA, and The Sunday Night Singers; he has received commissions from the Los Angeles Unified School District and Cortines High School for the Arts. He approaches Latinidad as a dynamic identity, expanding Latin American music narratives to include the U. S. Latino voice. He has taught students in middle school through college and currently teaches music theory and composition at Pasadena City College. He serves Western ACDA as the composer track co-chair.