With over 20 years of experience in Higher Education, Carlos currently works at Hostos Community College as Director of the Office of Educational Technology and Center for Teaching and Learning, where he provides vision to promote organizational culture change and innovation to teaching and learning through technology. Carlos co-authored the book “Developing Educational Technology at an Urban Community College” published in 2019. He is a book author, altruist and usual speaker at national and international conferences. An innate leader and visionary, born in Ecuador, first-generation college student, holds a BS and master’s degrees in computer science from CUNY & NYU, and is currently pursuing his doctorate degree in Instructional Technology at Teachers College, Columbia University.