Carlos Doel Hendricks-Verdejo was born in Trenton, NJ. At age three, his family relocated to Carolina, Puerto Rico, where he would enjoy his formative years. He returned to New Jersey 16 years later and began his studies at Livingston College Rutgers University, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree majoring in Spanish and Puerto Rican Studies. During his years at the bank, he was a student/athlete lettering for the RU baseball team and the Panthers varsity football team of Livingston College. Carlos was also active in several student organizations, such as the Unión Estudiantil Puertorriqueña, El Congreso Estudiantil Latino Americano, Rutgers University Hispanic Coalition (RUHC), and the Paul Robeson Athletic Association (Black Knights), to mention a few. One of his most outstanding achievements is being a charter member of Latinos Siempre Unidos (Lambda Sigma Upsilon, Latino Fraternity, Inc.), which was founded in 1979 at Rutgers University.
Carlos is a proud founding member of the Latino Action Network since 2009 and serves on its steering committee. He has co-chaired the immigration and civil rights committee and is currently a member and Chair of its Criminal Justice Reform Committee. In October 2003, he was appointed to serve on the New Jersey Governor’s Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Committee. In 2006, He was appointed and served on the United States Federal Advisory Committee on Juvenile Justice for five years as an Advisor to President George W. Bush, President Barack Obama, Congress and the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention in Washington, D.C. The task of these committees was to advise them on issues related to Youth and Juvenile Justice reform. Most recently in the fall of 2014, he was appointed to represent LAN on the Pre-Trial Bail Reform Commission for the state of New Jersey. In 2024, He was appointed and is currently a Board Member of the Mercer County Workforce Development Board and the Lawrence Township Planning Board.
During his career, Carlos also had the opportunity and ventured into the journalism arena and served for several years as a staff writer for El Veterano Newspaper and as a sports columnist for The Lawrence Ledger Newspaper. From February 2024 to present, He has served as the Co-Host for the weekly radio show “La Voz de Mercer County” on La Máxima 92.9 FM Radio.