Carlos R. Moreno is a passionate educational trailblazer committed to supporting school and district leaders to create high-quality, innovative schools designed to tackle systemic equity issues. He is co-executive director for Big Picture Learning, a nonprofit that has developed more than 200 schools around the world. He is foundationally involved with the Deeper Learning Equity Fellowship, the Ashé Leaders Fellowship, and the Leadership Journeys storytelling initiative. Carlos holds undergraduate degrees in marketing and business and a master's degree in educational leadership.

At heart, Carlos is an observer, a family man, a learner, a builder of community, a student, and a teacher—someone who has simultaneously found and continues to seek his own Leadership Soul.