About Me

I am a computer science student at Stanford University and a part time magician of the Society of American Magicians and Silicon Valley’s Secret Magic Garage. I am looking to build a meaningful career.

Interests

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

Education

• Co-terminal M.S. in Computer Science Candidate, Stanford University, Stanford, CA (Exp. 2022)
• B.S. Honors in Computer Science Candidate, Stanford University, Stanford, CA (2017-2021)
• Saint Brendan High School, Miami, FL. (2012-2016)

Experience

• Technical Research Assistant @ Stanford Internet Observatory, Stanford University. Summer 2020
  • Backend API engineer for DGAP: Data Gathering and Analysis Portal, for the 2020 Election Integrity Partnership for live social media analysis of the U.S. 2020 elections.
• Software Developer @ Center for the Study of Language and Information, Stanford University. Summer 2020
  • Developed web apps and tools for the Openproof Research project used by universities around the world to teach the fundamentals of logic and computational mathematics.
• Software Developer @ Adobe, Inc. Summer 2019
  • Design Systems team for Adobe Xd. Focused on improving the features of the components elements and developed + shipped a new feature for UX design in Adobe Xd.
• Software Engineering Intern @ Apple, Inc. Summer 2018
  • Apple Health + Apple Watch team. Worked on developing internal first party app health experiences for iOS and watchOS devices.
• 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, Stanford University 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

VSCode

IntelliJ IDEA

Unity

Sketch

Adobe XD

Python

JavaScript

Objective-C

Swift

C#

C++

C

Software Engineer

Backend API Engineer

Software Developer

iOS/watchOS/macOS Development

Web App Development

Design Thinking

Product Management

Entrepreneurship

Activities

• Stanford Triathlon Team
• Society of American Magicians
• Silicon Valley Secret Magic Garage Member
• International Brotherhood of Magicians
• Have co-taught magic classes at Google and Stanford University

Fellowships & Awards

• First Principles Summer Philosophy Scholar 2020, Witherspoon Institute at Princeton University
• Civitas Dei Fellow 2020, Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception with the Thomistic Institute
• Junior Fellow Winter 2020, Zephyr Institute
• 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

As seen on…

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