Curiosity first.

I used to want to be an archaeologist. I was, perhaps still am, convinced that the objects people make and how they use them reveal more about them than anything they say. That curiosity eventually led me into mechanical engineering, then into design, and through a decade living across Mexico, the Netherlands, and the US.

Living across three countries taught me to read a room before reading a brief, to care more about what a system actually requires than what looks good on a slide, and to never design small when the problem is asking for something bigger.

I moved from engineering into experience design after realizing the most interesting problems live between how something works and how it actually feels to use it. That gap has been my territory ever since. I now work across design leadership, product strategy, and research, on tools for how people work, make decisions, and care for themselves.

I also make art. Surreal work about identity, ancestry, and the inner life. I think both my work and art are about finding the pattern underneath the surface.