Hollywood CERT Instructor Eddy Wagner was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico in 1970. After graduating high school in 1989, Eddy attended the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale where he received an Associates degree in music and video business. He then returned to Puerto Rico to start his own business. In 2004, Eddy moved to Hollywood and started a home inspection business. In 2005, after viewing the destruction caused by hurricanes Rita and Katrina on the Gulf Coast, he went to the cities of Gulfport and Jackson,

Mississippi to assist in the recovery efforts as a Disaster Housing Inspector. As hurricane Wilma approached the South Florida coast, Eddy flew back to Hollywood to secure his family and property. Then promptly, after the storm, he began recovery work in Hollywood and its adjacent communities. Eddy currently works as a Project Manager for a general contracting firm that specializes in commercial and residential remodeling.