Rolando Zabala Vizuete is a Forestry Engineer with Master's degrees in Environmental Engineering, Environmental and Energy Management, and Sustainable Forest Management, complemented by a Diploma in Artificial Intelligence. With 20 years of professional experience, he has served as a Research Professor for 15 years at the Escuela Superior Politécnica de Chimborazo and the Universidad Nacional de Chimborazo, in addition to working with Non-Governmental Organizations and serving as a Forestry and Environmental Consultant. He is currently an undergraduate and postgraduate professor at the Escuela Superior Politécnica de Chimborazo and a postgraduate lecturer at other higher education institutions. As deputy coordinator of the GIMAR research group at ESPOCH, he actively participates in multiple research and community engagement projects. A member of the International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) and certified by ENTER as an Effective Educator in Engineering, he has published over 18 scientific articles and is recognized as a free man of good morals.