Where it all comes from.
My story starts before me — in Cuernavaca, Mexico, where my mom grew up one of eight kids. She came to the U.S. on her own, earned a Master's in Chemical Engineering, and became a Spanish teacher — raising me largely by herself and putting me through school along the way. Everything I do runs on what she built.
I picked up the trombone in 6th grade. The band room is where I actually learned leadership: a director who handed me real responsibility early and expected me to grow into it. I never left it after that — marching band since 7th grade, section leader in college, and a summer on tour with The Cavaliers in DCI's 2024 season.
Outside music and computer science, it's travel and time with people I love.
In May 2025 I studied music across Italy — La Scala in Milan, Teatro La Fenice in Venice. I went for the music history, but it was the culture that got me. I think about that trip all the time — I love Italy.
I started college as a music major, then committed just as fully to Computer Science, adding a Data Analytics minor — taking on something complex and learning how it holds together. That path led to summer research on self-hosted LLMs, and now internships at Verow and Agreeable Data.
- 6th gradeFirst trombone. Thanks, Paul.
- 7th gradeFirst marching season — haven't missed one since.
- High schoolHonor bands · JV soccer · cross country.
- Fall 2023Furman University — music major, year one.
- Summer 2024The Cavaliers — DCI summer tour, baritone.
- Fall 2024Switched majors — Computer Science, added the Data Analytics minor.
- May 2025Italy — music study abroad. La Scala · La Fenice.
- June–August 2025CS research — self-hosted LLMs on consumer hardware.
- CurrentlyInterning at Verow & Agreeable Data.
