I translate research, lived experience, and public leadership into decisions that expand opportunity.

I was born and raised in Yauco, Puerto Rico, and grew up between there and Chicago. I graduated from Roberto Clemente Community Academy, started college at Wilbur Wright College, and became the first in my family to earn a degree. My son now attends a Chicago public school.

More than fifteen years later, my work spans corporate, public-sector, nonprofit, and higher education rooms. At Cisco I advise leaders on workforce strategy, leadership effectiveness, and organizational culture — including Horizon, an inclusive leadership framework for the AI era. On the Chicago Board of Education I help govern the district that educated me. The through line is simple. I read the data the way I do because I lived on the wrong side of it.

“I take pride in being a first-generation college graduate, which fuels my drive to address the many disparities that prohibit equitable access to quality education.”

Cisco, Global Diversity Awareness Month, 2023

“If we unite, we can ask for more funding. If we stay divided, not a lot is going to get done.”

On coalition-building at the Board, April 2026