In Daniel Garcia's own words

My name is Daniel Santos Garcia Picado and I am 25 years old.  I live in Managua, Nicaragua. I was born and raised in very poor and humble family. My mother raised me and my five siblings while working as a domestic servant. My brothers and I helped subsidized my Mama’s earnings by making and selling tortillas of the streets of DE Acahualinca a barrio de Managua.  My father abandoned us since the time we were small children. He never supported us.  At the age of twelve, I began working at the garbage dump called the La Chureca picking up discarded aluminum, iron, paper and anything else that could be sold to recycling outlets.  The money that I was able to earn went to help my family get the most basic nessicities. With the little extra that I was able to save went toward getting an education. Although I was never a brilliant student, I more than made it up by doubling and tripling my efforts.  Things were never easy. I went to school and then worked in the garbage dump after class.  I worked for 12 long years under the sweltering heat and sun swallowing dirt and inhaling smoke from the burning refuse. Some times I would endure beating at the hands of the older Churecerros (workers in the Chureca are called this).  Things were never easy but the grace of God, I was able to overcome.
Today at the age of twenty five, I am married and have two beautiful daughters. I am on the verge of graduating from the University with a degree in television and radio communications. I have even dedicated myself to making a documentary about life in the Chureca.  The result was “Withered Flower, Blessed Flower” it has garnered national attention and has won a National Journalism award.
There have been two great inspirations in my life. The first is the strength that a loving and Merciful God can provide during my darkest hours. The second is the love for my children Roxanna and Herichell. Every time that I gaze at their young faces I see my own reflection. I do not see that hardship of my childhood but rather the promise of a brighter future filled with hopes and dreams that are rooted in reality and one day hopefully will come to pass. I still have some big dreams. The first is to make a film national in scope. The second and the most important is to travel the world and evangelize the word of Jesus Christ my Lord and Savior and to share with others my favorite phrase “Everything is possible through Jesus Christ, Lord give me strength.