I have always been very active; as a kid, I played just about every sport I came across, but my real passion always lied in watersports. I learned how to waterski when I was 4, how to wakeboard when I was 5, and how to foil when I was 7. I decided I wanted to be a professional wakeboarder when I was 10 and I worked towards that dream every day for the next 6 years of my life.

 

I picked up kiteboarding as a hobby along the way when I was around 12. I was introduced to the local sailing community through it, and started sailing when I was 15. I let go of my dream to become a professional wakeboarder when I was 16, after winning the Central American and Caribbean Games in the Hobie16, to start sailing Nacra 17 and pursue my Olympic dream. I campaigned for the Tokyo Olympics when I was 17, and although we didn't qualify, it was an experience that shaped me as a person and as an athlete.

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Before starting the olympic campaign, my intention was to go to university and study to be an aviation mechanic. But after the olympic campaign, all I cared about was sailing! So, I enrolled at the Michael Polanyi College at Universidad Francisco Marroquin in Guatemala when I was 18. The purpose of this was to widen my skills and deepen my knowledge in the topics I was most passionate about, while continuing to sail. At this time, the topics that interested me the most were athletic performance (focused in sailing, of course), and data analysis. However, during my second year of college, I had to do an internship. I applied and got accepted to do an internship at SailGP. When they saw I had a mechanical aviation background, they assigned me to the hydraulics department. I immediately fell in love. Marine hydraulics combined my passion for sailing with my passion for mechanics and engineering.

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After this internship, I changed the focus of my degree to marine fluid power systems engineering. I also started a formal career in hydraulics. I was 20 when I joined the SailGP tech team as a hydraulic engineer and winch technician. That same year, I got recruited by American Magic and joined them as a hydraulic technician for the 37th America's Cup. This experience completely changed my life. Since this edition of the cup was held in Barcelona, I moved there in March of 2022. I did continue to study my degree, and successfully graduated with a Bachelor of Science in May of 2024.

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After the cup ended, I wanted to keep growing as a professional. But more than that, I wanted to get back in touch with my curiosity and sense of creativity. For this reason, I chose to pursue a postgraduate degree in digital fabrication at Fab Lab Barcelona.