Juan Esteban Ariza Mendoza III (24 February 1928 – 31 December 2006) was a Dominican lawyer, diplomat and poet. He was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic to Adolfo Ariza-Ariza and Concepcion Mendoza. Mendoza graduated from the school "La Normal" in Gazcue and graduated as a lawyer from the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo (UASD). Prior to being a lawyer he was a messenger at the Texaco Corporation, located at the Parque Independencia. He also served as a notary and a lawyer for the C.E.A Consejo Statal del Azucar for 22 years. After his government assignments, he maintained his "Buffet" lawyer offices located Fabio in Ciudad Nueva. During his life he wrote extensively about the oppression suffered by Dominican workers and defended the laws and properties of farmers most of the