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, wakeboard and foil at a very young age. After some years I decided I wanted to be a professional wakeboarder and I worked towards that dream every day until I came across sailing.

 

I picked up kiteboarding as a hobby along the way in my early teens, and I was introduced to the local sailing community through it. Once I started sailing, I let go of my dream to become a professional wakeboarder in order to start pursuing my newfound Olympic dream. I campaigned for the Tokyo Olympics as a crew on the Nacra 17 boat, 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. 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 quickly joined the SailGP tech team as a hydraulic 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. However, I didn't want to step away from marine hydraulics so I became a hydraulic and mechanical technician for Armada Global, where I now work on superyachts and megayachts.