I am a Professor in the Department of Mathematics at New York City College of Technology of The City University of New York (CUNY). I received my bachelor’s degree in Mathematics from Universidade Federal do Paraná and a master’s degree in Mathematics from Universidade Federal Fluminense, both in Brazil. I hold a Ph.D. in Mathematics from Carleton University, and spent two years at the University of Ottawa as a National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) postdoctoral fellow, both in Canada. My research interests lie in the area of Number Theory.  I have several published papers in peer-reviewed journals.

I enjoy mentoring students at all levels. I have extensive teaching experience and am dedicated to improving student performance.  I have been actively working on developing and disseminating Open Educational Resources (OER). During the past two years I have been working with Holly Carley on customizing an OpenStax textbook on the LibreTexts platform to address our curriculum needs.

I am currently the Math Education Clinical Experiences Director, a Co-PI to the Connect the Dots MSEIP (Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program) grant, and a CUNY CITE (Computer-Integrated Teacher Education) Program Fellow and Co-PI. From 2022 to 2023, I was a facilitator to the CUNY New Lecturer Initiative Program. From 2017 to 2021, I was an OER Co-Director of the Opening Gateways project, funded by the U.S. Department of Education’s Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions program (Title V). I have also served as the Director of the Peer-Led Team Learning (PLTL) Program in Mathematics at City Tech.

I am an advocate for social justice and firmly believe on the axioms that Federico Adila-Mantilla wrote in this article.