Our Founder
As the founder of Miami EdTech, Carlos is passionate about closing the skills gap and improving economic opportunities for the community through computer science advocacy and integration, digital skilling and workforce development. Miami EdTech has impacted the lives of thousands of learners and educators alike, particularly in the areas of STEM and Computer Science. He combines a passion for education and technology with a commitment to solving the biggest challenges in education. Carlos is an educator with over 20 years of experience in the K-12 and Higher Education sectors. He has a unique ability to translate complex ideas into accessible learning experiences.
Carlos began his formal career in education as a New York City Teaching Fellow- a prestigious program with an 8 percent acceptance rate that places talented individuals into NYC’s highest-need schools. He served as a Program Director for Year Up, a nationally recognized Workforce program and recently launched a Registered Apprenticeship Program in Artificial Intelligence, one of the first of its kind and first Latino-led initiative.
Carlos is Puerto Rican and Dominican and grew up in the South Bronx where he attended Public School through middle school. He was the first in his family to graduate college and credits his passion for supporting teachers to his experience as a student and then as a teacher through the New York City Teaching Fellows program.
Carlos graduated with a degree in Computer Science from Fordham University and holds an M.S. in Web Strategy & Design and an M.S. in Education. He has taught from the elementary to the college level for over 15 years in New York City, San Francisco, and Miami.
Committed to empowering educators and helping them ignite a passion in STEM for their students, Carlos has made it his mission to combine elements of positive psychology and social justice to address the striking inequities in access and training in education especially for people of color.
Carlos is also the Founding Chapter President for the Computer Science Teachers Association in Miami and provides educational consulting in the areas of workforce development, instructional design, and project based learning.
Connect with Carlos through the methods below and take a step forward in education for the future.
The Lab Miami
400 NW 26 ST
Miami, FL 33127
Monday—Friday: 9:00AM–5:00PM
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