Santiago Echeverry is a Colombian-American New Media Creator with a background in Video Art, Performance Art, Interactive Media, and Artivism. Participating since 1989 in some of the most important film and media festivals in the world, Echeverry is considered a pioneer in Net Art and Queer Filmmaking in Latin America. He got his MPS at the Interactive Telecommunications Program at NYU in 1997. He started teaching at the University of Tampa in 2005, and is a founding member of the Film, Animation and New Media Department. His research is focused on volumetric imaging, front-end development, UI/UX, and creative coding.