Ricky Cotto lives and works in Fort Worth Texas. In 2014, he joined the Blue Zones Project Fort Worth team as the Neighborhoods Team Manager and later transitioned to Faith based Manager. In 2018, the City of Fort Worth achieved Blue Zones designation becoming the largest, most diverse Blue Zones community in the United States. In 2019, Ricky joined the “Phase 2” team with Texas Health Resources as Director of Community Engagement (NTHC); to continue the great work of making the healthy choice the easy choice. He received his undergrad degree from the University of North Texas and a M.A.in Education from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth.