Biography

Ruben Najera was born and raised in El Centro, Ca. which is located in Imperial County. Ruben is an award winning comic book writer with his hit series "Calaguerra" which in 2025 won an International Latino Book Award. Ruben has published work with Archie Comics , M House Publishing, and 10 Ton Press for the world renowned rock band Linkin Park. He is of Mexican descent, his mother is from Mexicali, Mexico and his father was born in the border city of Calexico, Ca. In his 20's Ruben had a career as a professional skateboarder and had numerous signature products for many well known brands in action sports industry. From his early sponsorship years on Tony Hawks Birdhouse Skateboards flow team to being introduced into the professional ranks with his professional model skate decks with Michigans "Six Starz skateboards" brand. At one point in time Ruben had record breaking sales with the Nestle company on his signature PowerBar boxes which sold in stores worldwide which were the equivalent of being featured on a Wheaties box. He was marketed in this campaign at the time alongside NBA superstar Blake Griffin. Ruben has been featured doing stunts in numerous music videos as well as producing and directing on various films. Ruben can be found monthly on his podcast "Passions Personified" which can be listened to on Spotify, Apple, and every major podcast platform in existence. In present day Ruben is working on his first studio music album with Grammy winning producer / mixer Matt Brownlie and former Nirvana cello player / composer Lori Goldston. Ruben now resides in Phoenix, Arizona.