Daniel Flores was born in Puerto de Luna in 1946, the start of the World War II baby boom, in the same house where Billy the Kid ate his last Christmas dinner in 1880. The house during the days of Billy the Kid was owned by Don Alejandro Grzelachowski, the author's maternal great-grandfather. In 1946 the house was owned by his paternal grandfather, Cipriano Flores. A 1964 graduate of Santa Rosa High School, he went on to receive a BA degree from the University of New Mexico in 1969 and a MA degree from New Mexico Highlands University in 1984. Flores recently retired after a forty year career with the Santa Rosa Consolidated Schools. His last sixteen years were as school superintendent. He served for twenty-five years as an administrator with the school district. He was honored in 2007 by the New Mexico School Superintendent's Association by being named NMSSA Superintendent of the Year. In 2003 he was inducted by the New Mexico Activities Association into its Hall of Fame. He lives in Santa Rosa with his wife of forty-three years, Lupita. He has two sons and a daughter, Dan, Jr., Steve and Stephanie. His pride and joy are two grandchildren, Marcus and Hannah, who live in Albuquerque with their parents, Steve and Tina