Dr. Manuel A. Pérez-Quiñones is a Professor of Software and Information Systems at UNC at Charlotte. His research interests include human-computer interaction, CS education, and diversity issues in computing. He has published over 100 refereed articles and received an NSF CAREER award. Before joining UNCC, he worked at Virginia Tech, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez, Visiting Professor at US Naval Academy, Visiting Professor at Northeastern, and as a Computer Scientist at the Naval Research Lab. He currently serves on the Committee on Women in Science, Engineering and Medicine at the National Academies and has been co-chair of several conferences (e.g., SIGCSE Technical Symposium, Tapia Conference). His contributions to CS Education and broadening participation computing have been recognized with an ACM Distinguished Member status (2019); the CRA A. Nico Habermann Award (2018); and the Richard A. Tapia Achievement Award (2017). He is originally from San Juan, Puerto Rico.