Ramón García was born in Colima and grew-up in Modesto, California. He has a B.A. in Spanish Literature from the University of California, Santa Cruz and a Master's and Ph.D. in Literature from the University of California, San Diego.

He has published poetry in a variety of journals and anthologies including The Americas Review, Best American Poetry 1996, Ambit (UK), Poesida: Aids Poetry from Latin America, the United States and Spain, New Chicano Writing #1, The Paterson Literary Review, Urban Latino Cultures, California Dreams and Realities and The Floating Borderlands: Twenty-Five Years of U.S.-Hispanic Literature, Margie: The American Journal of Poetry, Crab Orchard Review, Poetry Salzburg Review (Austria), Borderland: The Texas Poetry Review, The Los Angeles Review and Mandorla: New Writing from the Americas.

His short fiction publications include Story, Virgins, Guerrillas and Locas: Gay Latinos Writing About Love and Harrington's Gay Men's Fiction Quarterly.