Milton E. Rodriguez-Rios

was born and raised in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico where he attended the Escuela Elemental y Secundaria de la U.P.R. and the Music Conservatory of Puerto Rico, studying oboe, piano, flute and violin.

After watching “Tron”(1982) and “The Last Starfighter” (1984) he fell in love with the new usage of computers to create special effects and saw the perfect career in Computer Animation where he could use both his artistic and computer skills.

In 1985 he attended Syracuse University where he got a Bachelor in Fine Arts in Computer Graphics in 1989. After graduating from college, Milton worked at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida performing in the “Here Come the Muppets” show as couple of muppets and as a puppeteer in the drug awareness show for children: The Disney Crew”. In 1991 he started graduate studies at The Ohio State University in Columbus Ohio focusing on computer graphics and animation at The Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design (ACCAD).