Alejandro Ayala is a rising professional in the field of cybersecurity, pursuing a PhD in 2025 through an NSF Fellowship. Alejandro currently serves as a technical lead, ensuring program integration across multiple universities and industry. Alejandro contributes to the University of Washington’s Certificate in Risk Management in multiple roles. He is the co-founder and President of CyberAlumni, a community of practice focused on continuous professional cybersecurity education across the NCAE Schools. Alejandro has published in the Colloquium for Information Systems Security Education (CISSE), Springer Journal, Future Technologies Conference, and the Human Computer Interaction International Conference innovations in cybersecurity education.