Miguel is an immigrant from Colombia who works on water, people, and smiles. He is the President and CEO of Urban Semillas. Miguel is sought after and respected locally, regionally, and statewide for his expertise in working with diverse communities and for his ability to utilize community reconnaissance in order to develop and implement effective outreach tools and to deploy community engagement mechanisms for coalition and consensus building. Miguel serves on a myriad of boards that focus on water education, pedestrian advocacy and mobility, youth education, economic development, open space conservation, and community access to the outdoors.