Carlos Gonzalez has been an Associate Professor of English at Miami Dade College for over 30 years. He describes himself as a "professor of joy, grief, wonder, listening. movement and sitting."

Carlos Gonzalez's expansive view of how a teacher serves is informed by his passion for mindfulness, physical exercise. nature, and deep personal exploration. In addition to his work at MDC, Carlos teaches meditation and writing in South Florida correctional facilities through Exchange for Change, a Miami-based non-profit, and facilitates letter-exchange-programs between his students at MDC and incarcerated humans.