What I am

Human.

I enjoy saying that I'm great, amazing, and flawed. Born and raised in Caracas, Venezuela; I carry all the strengths and stigmas that come with it.

This is your takeaway: Specialization is insufficient. Life is too short to dedicate it to one thing, only. There is pleasure in achieving something I'm not supposed to do, achieving something I'm not expected to do, and I take it.

Creative.

I'm inevitably drawn to arts. Anything that can trigger emotions in others is something worth pursuing. Photography, music, literature, and film are my main triggers. I constantly take concepts, patterns, and techniques from them to apply to technical work.

Strict.

I have an ability to be completely careless about some things—because they need to be free—but I'm very strict about others. Ethics, being the most important. Every situation is subjective, and you can lose opportunities by staying put, but having mechanisms to avoid betraying your principles is an underrated skill. I'm glad I have some of them.

The alternative.

Boredom is a massive driver. Full engagement happens when I'm bored and can't escape it. It's paradoxical, but true. That's also when my mind gets triggered: I start thinking about what I cannot do, what I am not. Amazing things come up when I think about being the alternative.

The darkness.

I think there must be balance in life. Night and day need to be there for each other. It's the darkness is what makes the light what it is. They give meaning to each other.

For someone who likes (and needs) the sun so much, I find power in darkness: the looks, the silence, the detachment. It's the contrast what has meaning and it's embedded in me.