Daniel Jáquez grew up in the Ciudad Juárez, México which shares a border with El Paso, TX and now lives in NYC where he is an SDC freelance director, translator and theater-maker. He is the Director of UNIT52: Intar Theatre's acting company in training and was Director-Producer of their renowned NewWorks Lab. Daniel is on the advisory committee for the Lark's US/Mexico Playwright Exchange and is co-founder of Calpulli Mexican Dance Theatre and served for eight years as its Artistic Director. He is an associate artist at Teatro V!da in Springfield, MA and at the Miracle Theatre in Portland, Oregon where he recently premiered his Dance for a Dollar, co-created with Mariana Carreño King.