About Me

Just looking for a meaningful career.

Interests

Philosophy, Psychology, Metaphysics, Theology…ah, and Computer Science.

Education

• Stanford University, Stanford, CA (Sep 2016 - Present)
• Saint Brendan High School, Miami, FL. (2012-2016)

Experience

• Independent Researcher @ Stanford University Summer 2018 - Present
  • Developing interfaces, tools, and health experiences for mental health interventions and therapies with the Human-Computer Interaction Group.
• Software Engineering Intern @ Apple, Inc. Summer 2018
  • Was part of the Apple Health team to develop new health experiences for iOS & watchOS devices.
  • Designed with Sketch and developed using Xcode with Objective-C.
• Research Assistant @ Florida International University Summer 2017
  • Assisted at the Distributed Multimedia Information Systems Laboratory and Integrated Computer Augmented Virtual Environment working on a Miami Beach model to simulate storms and sea level rise.
• Lead Instructor @ CODeLLA Summer 2017
  • CODeLLA’s 8 week cohort serving underprivileged middle school girls with 21st century skills. Taught design thinking and coding for girls to build their own apps.
• Stanford Summer Engineering Academy Summer 2016
  • Spent a month exploring the different fields of engineering with +16 professors.
• iOS Engineer @ Faceplay, Inc. (now Magic Studio, Inc.) Jun 2016 - Sep 2016
  • Worked remotely with a small team to develop different iOS apps.
  • InstaStory (+300K downloads)
  • PokéLocator (#4 Navigation Apps on App Store’s Top Charts)
  • Voicify (Vodafone U.K. Best New Apps in July 2016)
• Indie iOS Developer Jun 2014 - Present
  • Self-taught iOS Developer. Created a variety of iOS projects where I learned mobile development skills, time management, resourcefulness, lateral thinking, etc.
  • Some of the iOS Apps include: C.U.B.E., COLOR5, SPUTNIK, CloudCamera (1st place overall winner MangoHacks 2017 - Florida International University)

Skills

Xcode

Unity

Sketch

Objective-C

Swift

C#

C++

C

Design Thinking

Product Management

Entrepreneurship

Activities

• Stanford Triathlon Team
• Society of American Magicians
• Tech Conferences
• Hackathons

As seen on…

Forbes Mexico	CNN	BBC World
Entrepreneur Magazine	The Miami Herald	Univision
CNET	USA Today	Televisa
Seventeen Magazine	W Radio	El Universal

Some recognitions

• Nike & Elle Magazine Mexican Women 2018
• Premio Nacional de la Juventud 2017 Finalist (Mexico’s National Youth Award)
• Facebook Developers Conference F8 2017 Scholarship Recipient
• Apple Inclusion and Diversity: Creating Opportunities
• Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference Scholar 2015 and 2016
• The Miami Herald Digital Media Silver Knight Award 2016
• NCWIT National Aspirations in Computing Award Runner-up
• 2016 Congressional Achievement in Coding Excellence