Aspen Ideas: Rising Generations
Selected as one of 350 young leaders for the Aspen Institute's Rising Generations program at Crystal Bridges in Bentonville, Arkansas.
Education
UTEP
Computer science, mathematics, and the systems work I am building toward.
Miguel A. Loya College of Engineering
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
Minor in Mathematics at The University of Texas at El Paso.
- Progress
- 86 earned hours, junior standing
- Standing
- Junior
- Honors
- Dean's List: Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025 · 2025 Hispanic Scholarship Fund Scholar
- Location
- El Paso, Texas
Completed foundation
Coursework
Data Structures and AlgorithmsAdvanced Object-Oriented ProgrammingAutomata and Formal LanguagesComputer OrganizationDigital Systems DesignDiscrete MathematicsCalculus IIMatrix Algebra
Fall 2026
In progress
Database SystemsOperating Systems ConceptsParallel ComputingProgramming Language ConceptsProbability and Statistics
Honors and programs
Selective programs, scholarships, and cohorts I've been part of.
Code2Career Fall 2026 Cohort
Ten-week software engineering mentorship with weekly one-on-one pair programming alongside a Google software engineer.
Lowe's x HSF Retail Immersion Program
Selected for a national HSF Scholar cohort for a three-day corporate immersion with Lowe's teams in Charlotte, North Carolina.
ElevenLabs Campus Ambassador
Selected to represent ElevenLabs at UTEP.
LinkedInOrLeftOut Summer Academy
Twelve-week program covering data structures and algorithms, interview prep, system design, and full-stack development.
Dell Tech Academy
One of 25 students selected. My team placed third in the supply-chain case competition.
Hispanic Scholarship Fund Scholar
Selected from more than 69,000 applicants.
Autodesk Certified User
Fusion 360 (2023) and Inventor (2024).
What I am working toward
My coursework is moving deeper into operating systems, databases, parallel computing, programming languages, and probability. I use projects outside class to connect that foundation to real APIs, product interfaces, testing, deployment, and machine learning systems.
See the work