Dr. Daniel Rodriguez is currently a tenured Professor of Education and Counseling at Palo Alto College in San Antonio, Texas. In addition to teaching, he has served in numerous administrative capacities which have including overseeing assessment & testing, admissions and records, financial aid, federal grant programs, contracted services, first-year experience courses, disability support services, international student programs, student life, intramural sports, college services and the college health center. He served as Department Chair of Counseling for over a decade. He has presented at numerous local, national and international conferences on research related to transfer of students to four-year institutions as well as persistence rates of students enrolled in their first year. He has led student groups on study-abroad programs. He served as state President of the Texas of the Texas Association of Chicanos in Higher Education (TACHE). He has published numerous articles and has co-authored a resource manual on COVID resources available to community colleges in Texas. At the college level he has served on the Executive team of the Faculty Senate and on numerous College and Alamo College District committees. He has twice been the recipient of the NISOD Teaching Excellence Award and the Minnie Piper Teaching Excellence award. He has been also a recipient of the NSLS Teaching Excellence Award and was recently recognized by the Athletics Department for teaching excellence. He served as the lead instructor with the Alamo Colleges Student Leadership Institute, has taught at Our Lady of the Lake University, St. Philip’s College, San Antonio College, Texas A&M University-San Antonio and St Mary’s University. Currently he works with the Catch the Next Program where he teaches Learning Framework courses and helps facilitate the day to day activities of the program. He is also lead instructor in the Males Program at Palo Alto College. In summer of 2014 he became a CTN Fellow. He attended Southwest Texas College, received a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree from Texas State University and a Doctor of Education degree from Baylor University.