Fernando Arzola Jr. (PhD, Fordham University) is dean of the college and chief academic officer at the University of Saint Katherine in San Marcos, California. He previously served at Nyack College in New York City, and as founder and executive director of the Urban Family Empowerment Center in the Bronx. Arzola is author of several books covering the fields of religious education, liturgical studies, and youth ministry. He currently writes poetry.