Eduard Garces is a globally experienced educator, researcher, and literacy advocate with over 18 years of teaching across diverse cultural contexts, from Asia to Northern Minnesota. His work advances student centered learning, project-based design, and purposeful technology integration. He has collaborated with organizations including Macmillan Education, USAID, Cambridge Assessment, Arizona State University, the Minnesota Writing Project, and the National Council of Teachers of English. Eduard is a published scholar of online assessment, and his research informs evolving digital learning practices. He designs inclusive, real-world experiences that empower learners. Outside the classroom, he is often somewhere across the globe on his next adventure.