Dr. Dehlly Porras currently serves as Instructional Dean at the Takoma Park/Silver Spring Campus. She oversees the departments of Biology, Mathematics, Physical Sciences, and Business, Management, and Information Sciences (BMIS). Prior to moving to Maryland in 2003, she lived in New York where she served as Dean of Liberal Arts, Sciences, and Health Sciences at Hudson Valley Community College - State University of New York in Troy.  Prior to that she served as professor of mathematics for 22 years at LaGuardia Community college in Long Island, New York.  During her tenure there, she held several administrative positions including serving as the Director of International Programs for 8 years.

Dr. Porras has presented at numerous academic conferences and conventions and her work has appeared in professional publications.  Her research interest is in teaching and learning, focusing on the creation of teaching methods and materials for students with a pattern of academic failure.  She co-authored an algebra textbook that incorporates reading, writing, and critical thinking learning activities into mathematics content.

Dr. Porras has a solid trajectory of service to the community where she works and lives.  She has served as board member to community and private organizations.  Presently, she is a member of the Latin American Committee on mathematics Education, the American Association of University women, the Latino Health Alliance Education Support Group in Silver Spring, Maryland, and Maryland's Governor Higher Education Commission Transition Working Group.

Her formal education comprises a Doctorate in Mathematics Education from Columbia University in New York, a Master of Arts in pure mathematics from the College of New Jersey, and a Bachelors of Science in mathematics and statistics from Universidad Nacional de Colombia in Bogotá.  Dr. Porras has also participated in higher education leadership programs at Rutgers University in New Jersey, Maricopa Community College in Arizona, Morgan State University in Maryland, and at the Association of Community College Trustees in Washington, DC.