Ruben Najera(II)
- Writer
- Director
- Actor
Ruben Najera was born and raised in El Centro, Ca. which is located in Imperial County. Ruben
is a well known comic book writer with his most recent credits being on Archie Comics "The Best Archie Comic Ever". Ruben is also the owner of the world famous two time Eisner nominated Metahumans Comics store as well as being the founder of Imperial Valley Entertainment Convention. 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. 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 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 many short films. Ruben can be found biweekly on his podcast "Passions Personified" which can be listened to on Spotify, Apple, and every major podcast platform in existence.