Welcome!

Renato N. Estacio, Ed.D.

Hello! I am Co-Founder, Chief Academic Officer, and Lead Educator with Vcademy, a virtual school that is being rolled out during 2027. Our school will be a place for students to learn in a supportive and friendly environment. 

My background is in Student Success Systems, University Administration, and Program Director. My educational background includes:

*Bachelor of Arts: English / Minors: Theater & Psychology

*Bachelor of Music: Applied Voice

*Master of Music: Applied Voice

*Master of Business Administration: Finance

*Doctor of Education: Higher Education Teaching & Learning

Recently, my musical theater students won 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place in the AMDA sponsored Broadway Bound Live!, a reality TV show, where I was a vocal coach and music director for the final musical “I’m a Catch, so Why am I Single?“ My students received scholarships to AMDA as a result; 1st and 2nd place winners won 4-year full ride scholarships each worth $240,000. Third place won a $160,000 scholarship. 

In the past, I was a Commissioner of Music for the State of New Mexico (2014-2019), have 20 years of teaching voice, and was the Assistant Director of the UNLV Writing Center, where I taught workshops in Writing, Business English, Business Writing, and documentation. My doctorate is in social-emotional learning and teacher-student relationships. 

Prior to teaching, I worked in gaming technology as a project manager and senior account services manager, as well as a business intelligence product manager, market intelligence manager, casino administrator, director of marketing, and singer.

As part of my teaching philosophy, I adopted the following in 2022:

Teaching should help students of all backgrounds become life-long learners and mentors to future generations, living by tenets of truth, gratitude, fairness, community, and honesty to sustain the future. The goal is to help improve lives in the community through knowledge, skills, ethical behavior, access to appropriate resources, relationships, and social emotional behaviors. Teaching is a way to transfer life lessons and life needs to improve social and community welfare.