About
Computer scientist, educator, researcher, and builder of institutional pathways.
My career has moved across software engineering, curriculum leadership, educational technology, AI research, and engineering education. The connecting thread is translation: helping people understand complex systems deeply enough to shape them with purpose.
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A trajectory built across disciplines and audiences.
I began in computer science engineering, teaching programming, algorithms, software engineering, and process engineering while also working in curriculum design. That dual preparation taught me to see technical education as both a disciplinary challenge and a design challenge.
My doctoral work in Educational Technology deepened that perspective through research on engineering identity, participation, and career intentionality. At the University of Florida, I now teach graduate courses in artificial intelligence, machine learning, deep learning, applied data science, and mathematical foundations while developing research and partnerships around AI literacy, Edge AI, microelectronics, community engagement, and engineering formation.
In 2026, I became Program Lead for Convergent Engineering Education Initiatives. The role gives me a department-level platform to connect emerging scholarship with curriculum, faculty development, institutional strategy, partnerships, credentials, and external engagement.
Current appointments
- Program Lead, Convergent Engineering Education Initiatives
- Instructional Assistant Professor, Engineering Education
- Faculty Core Member, UF AI² Center and Warren B. Nelms Institute
- Affiliated Faculty, School of Teaching and Learning and Institute for Advanced Learning Technologies
Professional timeline
2008
Computer Science Engineering
Graduated magna cum laude from Universidad Icesi and began teaching computing and engineering courses.
2011–2018
Curriculum and accreditation leadership
Led course and program redesign across engineering, design, business, and online graduate education, including CDIO-aligned work supporting ABET preparation.
2024
PhD and UF faculty appointment
Completed a PhD in Curriculum and Instruction–Educational Technology and joined UF Engineering Education as an Instructional Assistant Professor.
2025–2026
AI education leadership
Recognized as UF AI Educator of the Year, selected as an IEEE FIE New Faculty Fellow, and appointed to lead Convergent Engineering Education Initiatives.
Education
- PhD, Curriculum and Instruction–Educational Technology
University of Florida, 2024 - MA, Education and Information and Communications Technologies
Open University of Catalonia, 2011 - BS, Computer Science Engineering
Universidad Icesi, 2008
Selected distinctions
- 2025 UF AI Educator of the Year
- 2025 IEEE Frontiers in Education New Faculty Fellow
- 2025 UF AI² Faculty Fellow
- 2025 Provost AI Course Designation Incentive Award
- 2023 Certificate of Outstanding Merit, UF College of Education
Languages and technical preparation
Languages: Spanish, English, and Italian.
Programming and AI: Python, Java, C#, C++, TensorFlow, PyTorch, Keras, MATLAB, Edge Impulse, and ThingSpeak.
What I value in the work
Depth before novelty
New technologies matter only when learners understand the systems, assumptions, tradeoffs, and consequences beneath them.
Access with rigor
Accessibility is not simplification. It is the careful design of multiple entry points into demanding ideas.
Purpose and responsibility
Technical competence should expand learners’ capacity to serve communities, question systems, and make defensible decisions.