I am Professor Roberto F. E. Soto, a Cuban-American communicator, educator, and media executive specializing in academia, startups, media innovation, and organizational turnaround projects. Over a distinguished career spanning broadcast journalism, digital media, and higher education, I have produced content for major news organizations, including The Washington Post and AP, Univision and NBC News.
In 1987, I became the first and youngest news executive at Univision. My career, has allowed me to produce award-winning broadcasts and documentaries in both English and Spanish, earning recognition for my bilingual storytelling and cross-cultural communications.
Before launching a teaching and international media consulting career, I served as New York Bureau Chief for Associated Press Television News. I am also the publisher of Dose of News and CITY IMAGES, and have appeared as a guest commentator on prominent media and public affairs programs.
I earned advanced degrees in communication and received numerous professional honors, including recognition as one of the 100 Most Influential Hispanics in America, an Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award from Columbia University, and multiple Emmy Award honors.
Cuba is an exceptionally unique island known as the Pearl of the Caribbean happens to be my motherland, but we Cuban-Americans have assimilated and enjoy a long historical connection to the Americas dating back to the Spanish colonial period.
Following political and economic changes in Cuba during the 20th and 21st centuries, several waves of Cuban migrants settled in the United States, particularly after the 1959 Cuban Revolution.
Today, Cuban Americans represent one of the largest Hispanic-origin populations in the United States, according to analyses of Census Bureau data by the Pew Research Center.
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2026/05/07/10-facts-about-cubans-in-the-u-s/ 11 percent of Cubans in the U.S., ages 25 and older, have a graduate degree (versus 15 percent of U.S. adults).
- 33 percent have at least a bachelor’s degree, versus 37 percent
- 16 percent have not graduated from high school, versus 10 percent.