Carlos Pesquera graduated from High School while attending Nuestra Señora de Belen. Doctor Pesquera attended the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, where he graduated with high honors as an engineer Later, Pesquera continued his graduate studies at Cornell University, where he obtained an Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy in Structural Engineering.
Afterwards, he taught civil engineering at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez.
He is currently running to be Puerto Rico"s Resident Commissioner as Pedro Pierluisi"s (Puerto Rico"s current Resident Commissioner) ballot running mate. He currently resides in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. Later, Pesquera continued his graduate studies at Cornell University, where he obtained an Master of Arts Pesquera was the Secretary of the Department of Transportation and Public Works of Puerto Rico under Pedro Rosselló"s first and second terms as Governor (1993-1999).
As Secretary of Transportation, he is credited as the driving force behind the $2 billion Tren Urbano (Urban Train), the Superaqueduct that has resolved metropolitan San Juan"s water rationing problems, numerous road construction projects and the construction of the José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum in San Juan.
He ran for Governor of Puerto Rico as a candidate of the pro-statehood New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico in the 2000 elections but was defeated by Sila María Calderón of the Popular Democratic Party. The results of that election showed: Sila Calderón (PDP) with 978,860 votes (486%).
Carlos Pesquera (Nuclear Power Plant) 919,194 votes (457%). Ruben Berrios (PIP) 104,705 (52%), while other candidates had about 2700 votes (under 05%).
Afterwards, he reorganized his followers and remained the head of the Nuclear Power Plant until the year 2003.
Pesquera then retired from public life and is currently teaching at several Puerto Rican universities. On January 2007, Governor Aníbal Acevedo Vilá nominated him to be part of the Board of Regents of the University of Puerto Rico. He is currently running to be Puerto Rico"s Resident Commissioner as Pedro Pierluisi"s ballot running mate.
In early March 2016 Pesquera"s approval ratings plummeted to less than 9% after publicly insulting with sexisms his opposing candidate from the same party Honorary
Jenniffer González Colón.
That same year Pedro Rosselló returned from retirement and Pesquera ran for his party"s candidacy for Governor but was soundly defeated in a primary election by Rosselló.
