Dacio Villarreal Samaniego is a full-time professor at the National Technological Institute of México, where he teaches undergraduate and graduate finance, economics, and entrepreneurship courses. He holds a Ph.D. in Management and Finance from Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla (2020), an M.S. in Finance from EGADE Business School (1999), an MBA from the University of Texas at El Paso (1992), and a B.S. in Business Administration from Instituto Tecnológico de Parral (1987). His research focuses on financial markets, market anomalies, exchange rates, green finance, and volatility modeling. He has also presented at academic conferences hosted by Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Instituto Mexicano de Ejecutivos de Finanzas, and Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez. He has also delivered public lectures on financial topics at CONDUSEF, UACH, EGADE, and other institutions. He has taught in Guatemala’s central bank, Universidad Rafael Landívar (Guatemala), and across several Mexican universities, including Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua, Universidad La Salle, and Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana. Professionally, he has served as a financial consultant and planning officer. The U.S. Council for Economic Education recognizes him as a Trainer of Trainers. The National Council of Humanities, Science, and Technology (CONAHCYT) in Mexico recently granted him candidate status as a national researcher.