Early Life and Education
Jose Antonio Garcia, Jr. was born in Miami Beach to Jose Garcia Sr. and his wife, Carmen. His parents fled Cuba after the Cuban Revolution occurred and Fidel Castro's Communist regime took power. Garcia graduated in 1982 from Belen Jesuit Preparatory School and attended Miami-Dade Community College before earning his Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and public affairs from the University of Miami in 1987. While at the university, Garcia was elected president of the student government. Garcia later earned his J.D. from the University of Miami School of Law in 1991.
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