A passionate, highly proficient, committed, and organized to teaching, mentoring teachers and students with 23 years of classroom experience (15 years in the Higher Education Institutions, 8 years in the Department of Education for the Senior High students). Also, 15 years as reporter, journalist, desk editor and editor, and columnist; and 4 years as Local Legislative Staff of the Sangguniang Panlungsod of Bacolod City, 15 years as Clinical Instructor and lecturer.
A multi-awardee and distinguished educator internationally, nationally, and locally, he is a staunch advocate for cultural education, education for sustainable development, humane education and human rights, and global citizenship education.
Dr. De La Cruz is an alumnus of UNESCO APCEIU on Global Citizenship Education and Senior Mentor of Global Schools Program by the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network with mentees from Asia-Pacific Region such as Taiwan, Hongkong, Philippines, India, Myanmar, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Singapore. He was a featured speaker in various conferences both international and national engagements.