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My Work

I am an independent researcher, author, and novelist. Prior to writing full-time, I worked as a journalist, management consultant, and adjunct professor at the University of Maryland.

Prior to my current role, I was the Executive Director of World 50 Labs, the member-innovation team at World 50, Inc. Before World 50, I was a Principal in Ernst & Young’s Advisory Practice and, earlier, a Managing Director at Accenture. Originally from El Salvador, I started my career there as a journalist covering the post-war reconstruction before returning to the U.S.

A classically trained pianist, I am a lifelong student of the music of the great Bill Evans.

 

I reside in Bethesda, MD with my wife, a physician/researcher at N.I.H., and am the father of two sons.

My Education

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UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND

Aug 2023 - May 2026

I am currently a graduate student pursuing a Ph.D. My research focuses on the use of rhetoric/persuasion across various forms of human communication.

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

Sep 1990 - May 1991

Post-Baccalaureate Program in Classics

HAMPDEN-SYDNEY COLLEGE

Sep 1986 - May 1990

B.A., Humanities and Classics

Magna cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa

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