Dave Ortega is a cartoonist and illustrator from El Paso, Texas, now living near Boston. He creates comics rooted in family history and Latin American narratives, including Días de Consuelo, his graphic novel about his grandmother’s early life during the Mexican Revolution which was featured in the Society of Illustrators 65 Annual. His work spans self-published comics, museum collections, anthologies, and comics festivals. In their review of Hacienda, his current comic series, The Comics Journal wrote, "Comic book writing doesn't get better than this."

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Dave teaches in the Illustration and Integrated Studies departments at Lesley University and has been a visiting artist at the School of The Art Institute of Chicago. In addition to leading teen comic workshops in the Boston area, he also works in illustration, motion graphics, and video.