Carlos Curbelo was born in Miami, Florida in 1980, to political refugees who fled tyranny and oppression in Cuba. He was educated in the public school system and then at Belen Jesuit. In 1998 he enrolled at the University of Miami where he obtained a Bachelor’s in Business Administration while majoring in Political Science. He later returned to UM to earn a Masters in Public Administration.

In 2002, Carlos founded a public and media relations firm which he led successfully for 12 years. In 2010, he was elected to represent his community on the Miami-Dade County School Board, and in 2014 he was elected to Congress where he served until January of 2019. In Congress Carlos was consistently ranked one of the most bipartisan Members of Congress and led on difficult issues like energy and environmental policy, immigration, gun reform, and tax policy. He was also a prominent voice in international affairs and chaired the House’s Brazil Caucus. In 2017, Carlos was honored by the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation with the New Frontier Award for his work promoting bipartisan cooperation on environmental policy. He served on the Ways and Means Committee and was an original co-author of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.

Today Carlos co-leads Vocero and serves as an on-air analyst for national media outlets. He has been married to his wife Cecilia since 2006. They have two daughters Sylvie and Carolina.