After obtaining a Doctor in Veterinary Medicine and Zoology Degree from the Universidad Central del Ecuador (Summa Cum Laude), Dr. Cisneros was appointed to a faculty position at the same institution. While a full time faculty member, he owned and operated a small animal veterinary clinic. However, due to his strong interest in drug discovery and passion to solve human and animal health issues, he immigrated to the United States to further his formal education. He completed a Food Animal Teaching Internship at the University of California at Davis Veterinary Teaching Hospital. He earned a Master’s Degree in Animal Health at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NC A&T, Summa Cum Laude), and obtained a Ph.D. in Comparative Biomedical Sciences with an emphasis in Reproductive and Developmental Toxicology at North Carolina State University. His dissertation entitled “Epigenetic Inheritance of 5-AZA-2'-Deoxycytidine (5-AZA-CdR) Induced Alterations” constitutes one of the first published discoveries of xenobiotic-induced transgenerational changes in epigenetics. Dr. Cisneros worked as a Staff-Fellow at the Division of Neurotoxicology of the National Center for Toxicological Research/FDA, an Associate Professor of Developmental Biology at NC A&T, a Clinical Veterinarian and Senior Veterinary Specialist at Charles River Laboratories Preclinical Services, Pennsylvania, and a Veterinary Reviewer within the Office of Animal Welfare Assurance (OAWA) at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.