About Me

I'm a developer in transition: 3.5+ years of IT operations in a managed-services environment, now going deep on backend fundamentals — APIs, databases, and microservices.

I grew up in Puerto Rico and moved to New Jersey when I was 11. Leaving my family behind was the hardest part; the language was a barrier at first, but I picked it up quickly. It wasn't until I discovered Python and Arch Linux as a freshman in high school that I decided to study computer science — I did a year of CS at Middlesex County College, and I've been building things on Linux ever since.

These days I work in IT operations by day, write Python and Bash to automate my own life, and run a home Linux server for self-hosting experiments. I'm bilingual English/Spanish, and I live in NJ.

• Education: Middlesex County College — Computer Science (2017–2018); High School (2017)
• Certification: CompTIA A+
• Languages: English (fluent), Spanish (fluent)
• Location: New Jersey

• Backend fundamentals: APIs, databases, microservices
• Learning Go and Rust
• Building out the home server: services, automation, self-hosting