Garcia works artistically with communities to create spaces for dialogue around identity and social difference. In 2012, Garcia received her Bachelor's degree in Psychology at the College of Charleston in South Carolina and subsequently pursued and received her MFA in Community Arts at the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2014. From there she became the first Creative Alliance Community Art Fellow supported by the Robert W. Deutsch Foundation. During the fellowship, Garcia curated eight artists and made documentary work for the traveling exhibit Despues de la Frontera | After the Border, honoring the stories of unaccompanied immigrant youth and families who fled their homes in Central America. Currently, Garcia is the co-founder of HYRSTERIA Zine, a publication with artistic and literary contributions from Baltimore and beyond with a focus on social difference. She is an instructor for Wide Angle Youth Media and adjunct at Maryland Institute College of Art.