Carlos Gonzalez, a California native who studied photojournalism at San Jose Sate University, has done his best to acclimate to Minnesota winters during his 17 years as a staff photographer for the Minneapolis Star Tribune. He regularly covers a variety of news, feature and sports assignments on the international and national, as well as regional and local level. Carlos has covered the Bejing, Sochi and Salt Lake City Olympics and worked in Latin and South America. His work has been awarded by NPPA, SND, and POYi and earned him the title of Minnesota Sports Photographer of the Year multiple times.