Spouse: Maria Nobo Garcia (d. 2008) Mario R. García (born February 15, 1947, in Placetas, Las Villas, Cuba) is a Cuban-American newspaper and magazine designer and media consultant.

He is senior adviser on news design/adjunct professor at Columbia University, School of Journalism.

[2] He redesigned large publications such as The Wall Street Journal, Miami Herald, The Washington Post, Norway's Aftenposten, UAE's Gulf News, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Handelsblatt, Die Zeit, The Hindu, Malayala Manorama, Sakshi, and Paris Match; medium-size newspapers, such as The Charlotte Observer, România Liberă, and the 40 business weeklies of American City Business Journals;[3] and smaller newspapers, such as the Lawrence Journal-World.

García was the first recipient of the Society for News Design's Lifetime Achievement Award.

[7] In September 2012, García published his thirteenth book, and first e-book, iPad Design Lab: Storytelling in the Age of the Tablet.