Personal Information:
Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Married with three wonderful children:
Moved to Florida in 2006 after working for 14 years in a middle school for at risk students in Puerto Rico.
I come from a family of teachers. Proud son, grandson, and brother of another teacher.
Education and Work Experience:
BS – Technology Education / Industrial Arts – University of Puerto Rico
Technology Education 6-12 Professional Certificate
Industry Certification – SolidWorks (CSWA)
2008 to Present: Tech Ed Teacher at Space Coast Jr/Sr High
1993 – 2006: Tech Ed Teacher at Federico Asenjo Pre-Technical Middle School in Puerto Rico
Job Duties and Accomplishments:
Teach Applied Engineering Technology, Career Wheel, and the STEM wheel.
Helped to develop the STEM wheel at SCHS to expose 8th grade students to a technical field. Students are given the opportunity to experience Drafting/Engineering a field that may seem very scary and that most would never try. This has been a wonderful feeder program for the Academies at Space Coast.
90% average passing rate) for SolidWorks Certification Exam
NASA HUNCH (High schools United with NASA to Create Hardware) - Space Coast is a Hunch school since last school year. Steam Academy and engineering students will create and problem solve a variety of items given to them directly from the astronauts’ needs on the International Space Station. Selected prototypes are fabricated by NASA and sent up to the International Space Station.