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.

 

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.

 

I enrolled in a liberal arts program when I was 18 with the purpose of widening my skills and deepening my knowledge in the topics I was most passionate about. I was 19 when I was selected to be the bow for the Guatemalan SSL Team. At 20, I formally started a career in hydraulics and joined the SailGP tech team as a hydraulic engineer and winch technician. I then got recruited by American Magic and joined them as a hydraulic technician for the 37th America's Cup.