I am an Islander, born and raised in Puerto Rico. Son of Gumersindo (Uma) Carmona Rivera and Olga Sanchez Alicea.

I moved to the State of Florida at the age of 15. I continued to visit the Island every summer since I was 19. I received my Juris Doctor, cum laden, from the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico School of Law in Ponce on 2008. I am licensed attorney and civil notary in Puerto Rico. Soon to be licensed in FL. I received my Masters of Arts in Spanish in 2005, two Bachelors: Legal Studies and Spanish, and a Spanish/English Translation Certificate in 2003 from the University of Central Florida. I graduated from Oviedo High School, class of 1998.