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Growing up in a household where English was seldom spoken, I found myself immersed in a beautiful blend of cultures. While my friends were relishing pizzas and pop tarts, our home has sancocho, aguacate y chicarron, and the rhythm of salsa. School and the neighborhood gifted me with the quintessential ’90s childhood experience. From a young age I cerished the fact I had this dual cultural identity.
Post-undergrad, I embarked on a different journey than expected. I studied History and Economics with dreams of Law School. One summer studying the LSAT and working as a paralegal was enough to know that this was not it.
Enter General Assembly’s Web Dev Immersive program, a 3 month coding bootcamp. I took a 20k bet on software engineering over 200k on a law degree.
That pivot changed my life.
Beyond lines of code, I find solace and joy in various pursuits. Turns out writing as voluntarily as an adult is way better than forced as a kid.
Yoga makes the space slightly above the space between my eyes tingle. Sports keep the boy in me alive. And in nature is where I go get lost.
I’m an avid reader, or should I say listener. I mostly read Reddit and blogs, but I do keep a book around. But mostly I listen to books these days.
My faith grounds me. I give all the glory to God as without Him none of this would have been possible. Thats first and foremost.
Lastly, I’m a big board games, card games, puzzles kinda guy.
Get comfortable being uncomfortable. And one day I want to look back at all the stupid stuff I written. One day hopefully im not half bad at this writing thing.
Stay tuned as I attempt to find my voice…