Dr.  Osvaldo “Ovie” Soto is the Director of the UC San Diego Mathematics Project. Soto has dedicated his career to the improvement of mathematics instruction in the San Diego region. He is a graduate of the San Diego State University-UC San Diego Joint Doctoral Program in Mathematics Education and has nearly 20 years of experience teaching high school mathematics. Since completing his doctoral studies, Soto has served as a mentor for more than 50 secondary math teachers in Math for America San Diego’s Teaching and Master Teaching Fellowship Programs. He recently served as Director of the Discrete Math Project Collaborative (a $1.28 million California Department of Education-funded initiative).