Ricardo Cardenas was born and raised in Denver, Colorado. He is the Associate Director of Customer Experience at Anythink Libraries in Adams County, Colorado – and also serves as lead pastor/elder at Calvary Commerce City. He and his wife Molly have five sweet children. Ricardo received his Bachelor of Arts from North Central University in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and his Master of Divinity from Denver Seminary. He is currently pursuing Ph.D. research at Union Theological College (Belfast) considering the public library’s place and purpose in the United States through Abraham Kuyper’s understanding of sphere sovereignty. Outside of work he enjoys watching baseball, gardening, and of course, reading good books.