Félix V. Matos Rodríguez is the eighth chancellor of The City University of New York (CUNY), serving over 233,000 degree-seeking students across 25 New York City campuses with an operating budget of $4.1 billion. To build on CUNY’s unrivaled role as an engine of economic mobility, Matos Rodríguez has focused his tenure on championing student equity, building career opportunities for graduates and creating innovative academic offerings. An accomplished and award-winning historian who previously worked at three CUNY campuses, his historic appointment made him the first educator of color and the first Latino to lead the nation’s largest urban university. Matos Rodríguez is driven by his belief in CUNY’s unparalleled effectiveness in propelling students up the economic ladder, along with the interconnected role the University plays in lifting New York.