About Me

Rev. Dr. Daniel Medina, author of Spoken Word, Time Capsule: Meditations on Time & Place, Sundry Poems: Haiku for Broken Days, The Year in Haiku Series, Little Havana Haiku, Urban Guru, and The Scandalous Menu, was born in Chicago, Illinois, and raised in Miami, Florida.  He holds graduate degrees from the University of Oklahoma and St Thomas University. He completed the MBSR (Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction) program from Brown University. 

Along with his teaching service at South Dade Senior High School, Daniel is a Professor at the Johnnie Coleman Theological Seminary. He is an Ordained Minister with the United Church of Christ.  Dan is also an InterSpiritual Director, a Lay Zen Practitioner, a Sound Therapist, a Certified Vipassanā Meditation Teacher,  Vinyasa Flow Yoga Teacher, Martial Artist, Poet, Musician, Gardener, Painter, & Photographer.