Chico Garcia completed his B.A. at Fort Lewis College in Durango, CO, before receiving his M.Ed. in Organizational Performance and Change from Colorado State University. Over the past 17 years Chico has served in numerous roles throughout Student Affairs at Front Range Community College. He began his career as an academic advisor and has served as the Director of Student Life and then the Director of Career and Academic Advising for 7 years, before his current role in Online Learning as the Associate Dean of Online Student Affairs. Over the past three years Chico has work on several teams at Front Range Community College focused on implementing Guided Pathways, this work included being the co-lead responsible to develop a new onboarding process that included Mandatory Orientation as a primary component. Front Range Community College serves nearly 30,000 through three campuses, and Online.