Cristo Leon
Hispanic And Latinx ERG Co-leader Advocate For Diversity, Equity, And Inclusion
West Windsor, New Jersey, United States
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Top SchoolCristo Leon, Ph.D., is a strategic research leader and DEI advocate with over a decade of experience growing academic research portfolios and securing over $123M across 466 awards while serving as Director of Research at NJIT’s Jordan Hu College of Science and Liberal Arts. He led a focused, interdisciplinary research strategy that helped CSLA more than double sponsored research spending and contributed to NJIT’s rise to R1 Carnegie status, while also improving faculty proposal submission and success through targeted mentorship and grant-writing programs. A bilingual organizer and educator, Cristo pairs grantmanship with community-building—founding and co-leading Hispanic and Latinx ERGs and serving on institutional inclusive excellence and HSI/AANAPISI committees to advance student and faculty belonging. Beyond academia he brings creative project leadership from decades as a Dungeon Master and cultural producer, applying narrative-driven team coordination to research strategy and outreach.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) Business Administration and Management, Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) Business Administration and Management at Tecnológico de MonterreyDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Organizational Leadership, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Organizational Leadership at IEU UniversidadBachelor of Arts (BA) Theatre Cultural Promotion, Bachelor of Arts (BA) Theatre Cultural Promotion at Universidad VeracruzanaCertificate English as a Second Language, Certificate English as a Second Language at University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
English, French, Spanish
Github Skills (21)
objective-c10
ios10
macos10
swift10
xcode9
cocoapods9
carthage8
todomvc5
kraken5
webpack4
react4
ruby2
cannonjs2
physics-engine2
javascript2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
jacycode/react-select-plus-2
May 2017 - May 2019
Contributions:2 PRs, 28 pushes, 3 branches in 2 years
reactoptionhubspotreact-selectreact-com
jacycode/MacFreeVPN
Jan 2017 - Jun 2019
Contributions:3 commits, 7 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 5 months
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