Jose Luis Florez Betancourt (born August 2, 1993), also known as Joey Florez, is an American scholar and cultural critic.
Florez was born in the Elmhurst Hospital in New York City, New York, on August 2, 1993. He is of Spanish descent with American, Colombian, and Russian familial heritages. Florez is a relative of former Colombian politician and columnist .
Florez studied applied psychology at Florida Tech as an undergraduate and forensic psychology as a graduate at NSU Florida. He is an honorary member of Phi Kappa Phi and Psi Chi, and holds memberships in major professional organizations across the psychological and legal sectors, including the American Psychological Association, the National Criminal Justice Association, the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, and the American Probation and Parole Association.
Florez is known for analytical commentary within international and American broadcast radio, as well as other media, on general psychology and sociologic controversies. He has also discussed criminal justice science and popular culture phenomena. Cultural phenomena includes music cognition.