Daniel Rodriguez '11

Biography

Daniel "Danny" Rodriguez is co-founder and CEO of BLUE Missions, a non-profit organization that empowers the youth to advocate for a world where there is water for all, forever. Through service projects and sustainability education, BLUE connects families in Latin America to clean, fresh water and inspires young people to lead the way to a water-secure future.    

After traveling to the Dominican Republic to work on a water project as a 16 year-old student at CCHS, Rodriguez felt a calling to do more to address the global water crisis. During is his time at FIU, where he obtained a BBA specializing in Finance and International Business, Rodriguez co-founded BLUE Missions in 2010, which has provided clean water and sanitation to over 50,000 people across 200+ rural communities throughout Latin America. Over 5,000 students have traveled with BLUE Missions to assist in the construction of these projects opening their eyes to great needs that exist on our planet and helping them realize the power they have to change the world. Since its inception, BLUE Missions has raised over $10,000,000 to advance their mission of ending the global water and sanitation crisis in our lifetime.