Since childhood I've been enthusiastic about electronics. That inspired me to pursue a degree in electronic engineering with an emphasis on control systems at the Salesian Polytechnic University in Ecuador, where I discovered my passion for research and for solving complex problems.

After my bachelor's, I joined the R&D Center of the Ecuadorian Air Force as a development engineer. There I was part of the National Autopilot Project, working alongside a team to design and build an autopilot system for unmanned aircraft — my first taste of taking research all the way to a system that flies.

In August 2015 I was awarded the KGSP scholarship from the South Korean Government and moved across the world for a master's program — the coolest opportunity of my life. There I honed advanced skills in ROS, Gazebo, and Python, and contributed to research at the Human-Robot Interaction Laboratory at Kyung Hee University.

In June 2024 I completed my PhD at the University of Auckland, supported by a scholarship from the CARES Lab, focusing on enhancing robots' efficiency, safety, and precision in real-world applications.

Since 2025 I've been working in industry, bringing machine learning into real-world applications. Both my research and my day-to-day work live in machine learning — integrating it with robotics to turn ideas into systems that actually run in production.