Miguel Figueroa works at the American Library Association's new Center for the Future of Libraries, a project to help identify emerging trends relevant to libraries and librarianship. Miguel has held previous positions as Director of Member Programs at the American Theological Library Association; Director of the Office for Diversity and Spectrum Scholarship Program and the Office for Literacy and Outreach Services at the American Library Association; Network Services Coordinator at the National Network of Libraries of Medicine - Middle Atlantic Region; and Associate Director of Publishing at Neal-Schuman Publishers. He is a graduate of the University of Arizona's Knowledge River Program, an initiative that educates Hispanics and Native Americans to develop library and information services from Hispanic and Native American perspectives.