Raúl D. Gutiérrez has been a Professor of Latinx Studies and Spanish at Holyoke Community College since 2013. He also is the Learning Communities Coordinator at HCC. He teaches Latinx Studies and Spanish courses. In Spring 2019, HCC launched the Latinx Studies program. In 2019, he was selected as an Engaged Scholar for Campus Compact Eastern Region. In 2020, he also received the Antonia Pantoja Award for Distinguished and Exemplary Achievement from the Latino Scholarship Fund of Western Massachusetts. He is the 2021 Marieb Chair, which is a Teaching Excellence Award, HCC's highest faculty honor. In 2023 he was a finalist to the American Association of Community Colleges Faculty of Year award. His areas of interest include community engagement and culturally responsive pedagogy in the academic setting and contemporary Latin American and Latino literature and film. He is especially interested in the cultural and artistic production in the Mexico-U.S. border. He is the co-advisor of the LEA Club (Latinx Empowerment Association). He holds Bachelor's and Master’s degrees from the University of Illinois at Chicago. He is currently completing his PhD at UMass Amherst.