Miguel A. Torres Díaz born in

Fajardo, Puerto Rico Fajardo () is a town and a municipality part of the San Juan-Caguas-Fajardo Combined Statistical Area in Puerto Rico. Fajardo is the hub of much of the recreational boating in Puerto Rico and a popular launching port to Culebra, Vieques, and ...

is a licensed

civil engineer A civil engineer is a person who practices civil engineering – the application of planning, designing, constructing, maintaining, and operating infrastructure while protecting the public and environmental health, as well as improving existing i ...

and a former

Secretary of Transportation and Public Works of Puerto Rico The secretary of transportation and public works of Puerto Rico () leads the Department of Transportation and Public Works of Puerto Rico and leads all efforts related to transportation and public works in Puerto Rico ; abbreviated PR), ...

. Torres previously served as President of the Puerto Rico Professional College of Engineers and Land Surveyors from 2009 to 2012, and possesses a bachelor's degree in civil engineering and a master's degree in general engineering both from the

Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico The Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico ( Spanish: ''Universidad Politécnica de Puerto Rico''; shortened to PUPR in English and UPPR in Spanish, and informally referred to as Poly) is a private university based in San Juan, Puerto Rico, with ad ...

. He is a certified arbitrator as well, possessing a certification to exercise such profession from the

Supreme Court of Puerto Rico The Supreme Court of Puerto Rico () is the highest court of Puerto Rico, having judicial authority to interpret and decide questions of Puerto Rican law. The Court is analogous to one of the state supreme courts of the states of the United State ...

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