About

After three years working in logistics and resource distribution in the social sector with 1 Kilo de Ayuda (Fundación Altius) in Madrid — first sorting and distributing food parcels to at-risk families, then teaching digital skills to program participants — I understood that the digital divide is really an opportunity divide. ShiftCitizen was born to close that gap: helping social organizations adopt open digital tools and giving citizens the resources to participate with discernment. I come from law, where I spent half of my career: I practised as a lawyer in Venezuela and Colombia, worked as a Compliance Officer in financial services for the insurer Zurich, did an LL.M. in International Legal Practice (IE Business School), and my law degree is officially recognised in Spain. I then learned to code through hands-on training: freeCodeCamp, Udacity's Mobile Web Specialist Nanodegree and AWS re/Start. At Fundación Altius I taught classes and digitized the volunteer onboarding process and the volunteer agreement. Since 2021 I've taught programming and digital skills at Madrid for Refugees, Migracode, CEPI and Superprof, and as a Stanford section leader: in 2026 I'm taking part in Code in Place for the fourth time and, for the first time, in Probability for AI (PAI), Stanford's new program. For each engagement I put together a team of professionals.

Law and compliance • AI software development • Technology training and teaching • Public legal analysis