Victor Ortiz (born December 31, 1956, Covina, California, U.S.A.), retired educator, widely published in leading print and online journals as well as in the membership anthologies of the Haiku Society of America, the Southern California Haiku Study Group, and Haiku Canada; the Red Moon anthologies; and Gurga and Metz’s Haiku 21 and the supplements for 2015 and 2020–2024. Has two award-winning chapbooks, Into Borrego Valley (2012) gone/to seed (2024). Member of the Touchstone Distinguished Books Awards selection panel (2020–2023) and HSA Washington Regional coordinator (2022). Resides in Bellingham, Washington.