Canario de la Cruz is Maya-Ch’ol, from Pactiún, Tumbalá, Chiapas. He is the coordinator of the Ch’ol poetry anthology Iwejlel k’uk/Vuelo de quetzal (2021) and author of the poetry collection Mayinaj. In the Juegos Florales de Berriozábal, Chiapas (2020), he received third place for his book Chämp’e ibäk’tyak k’ay cha’añ juñtyikil alob: Cuatro semillas para cantar a un niño. He won an award in the Canto Floral Nueva Lírica para los Árboles competition for his book Isoñ tsimiltye’: Danzas de la ceiba, and his Ixämbal k’iñ: El recorrido del sol (2022) received an award in the 3rd Alas de lagartija competition. He is a teacher at an Indigenous primary school.