Over the span of 20 years, Cintrón Vega has established a distinguished career with professional experience that includes, but is not limited to, the management of federal housing assistance programs and policy development. Immediately prior to joining LMHA, he was the Director of Public Housing for the nation's 7th largest housing authority-the Miami-Dade County Public Housing and Community Development Department. There, he was responsible for overseeing all operational aspects for more than one hundred properties and directing public policy, federal programs, and regulations research for public housing and urban development programs.

Cintrón Vega holds a bachelor's degree, with a concentration in Accounting, from the Inter American University of Puerto Rico and has an extensive finance background. He served under the Puerto Rico Public Housing Administration (second largest public housing authority in the nation) as the head of the Budget Bureau successfully managing yearly budgets over $400,000,000. He was responsible for overseeing many different federal programs and was also a key partner in one of the largest low-income housing tax credits transactions in the nation for the rehabilitation of 4,132 units across 33 properties located in Puerto Rico.

Cintrón Vega is now responsible for overseeing all aspects of the agency's operations including 2,633 public housing units; 4,657 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) allocated units; 322 Low-Income Housing Tax Credit units; 198 Market Rate units and 107 Homeownership Properties.

 Joaquin Cintrón Vega was born in Bayamon, Puerto Rico, and claims Barranquitas, Puerto Rico, as his hometown. He is married with two sons and one daughter.