Curriculum Vitae (CV)

Audio Lead | Technical Sound Designer

CelleC Games & Black Banshee Studios

March 2023 - August 2023

• Led the audio team, managed production documentation, and assigned tasks.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to formulate project needs, deliver assets, and implement them in Unreal Engine for designers and programmers.
• Developed and maintained blueprint systems to ensure functionality and interactivity, which included the use of sound cues, attenuation, submixes, effects, and more.

Find more about them: cellecgames.com | blackbansheestudios.com

Instructor

Techno Inventors

Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico - San Juan Campus

May 2018 - August 2019

• Taught up to 20 students per session (K-12) with applied STEM education on Robotics, Programming, and Game Development. As I focused on Game Design, I structured class-like material from game design basics to prototyping games for skills development.

Find out more about them: technoinventors.com

Intersession Instructor

El Pueblo Unido Program

Francisco Manrique Cabrera Specialized School

October 2019 - November 2019

• Taught students in the Social Informatics class with GDevelop to get them familiar with Game Design concepts. By the end of it, each student created a simple and short platformer level prototype to showcase during a school event for participants to play.

Find out more about the program: elpueblounidoprogram.org

IgniteCS Mentor

Google

Bayamón Military Academy

February 2018 - May 2018

• Taught the Computational Thinking curriculum for high school, which included four sessions with activities and discussions that introduced students to Computer Science, Algorithmic Thinking, Human-Computer Interaction, UI/UX, Usability, and more.

Find out more about the program: sites.google.com/view/ignitecs/home

Chief Advocate

Puerto Rico Game Developers Association (PRGDA)

March 2021 - Present

• My support has been a great help towards the goals of the PRGDA, in doing so, I have moderated virtual events, participated in live streams, created content, maintained and updated documentation, planned and organized events, and so much more.
• I acted as the Community Manager for the Twitter account from June 2021 until March 2023, and as I frequently interacted with our community, it grew to more than a thousand followers! Furthermore, I highlighted the work of our community by posting monthly recap threads during 2022 as a Twitter algorithm experiment.
• In January 2022, I created a lengthy document with plenty of useful resources for the community to explore and use during game jams (or whenever needed).
• Helped lead or co-lead these events: Global Game Jam - Puerto Rico 2022, Video Game Music Con Puerto Rico 2022 Collaboration, CAFECITOS 2023, GDC 2024 Scholarship.
• Assisted these events: OFFICE HOURS 2021 & 2022, CAFECITOS 2021 & 2022, First Attack 2021 Booth, Red Rooster's Gaming Island 2022 Booth, What The Jam!? 2022, Video Game Music Con Puerto Rico 2023 Collaboration.

Find out more about them: prgda.net

Spokesperson

<InterDev> Computer Science Association

Inter American University of Puerto Rico - Bayamón Campus

January 2017 - June 2020

• Provided assistance during events, activities, workshops, meetings, and more.
• Hosted the following workshops: Inspection of Graphical Interfaces in Video Games (April 2018), Music Creation for Video Games (May 2019), Game Prototyping (October 2019), and an adaptation of The Beginners Guide to Construct 3 (March 2020).
• Mentor during the GameDev project branch (August 2017 - May 2018): For workshop and project sessions in a collaborative environment, which later down the line formed into a team during the Global Game Jam 2018.
• Handled the social media accounts and discord server (during 2019-2020 term).
• Organized the InterDev's Game Jam 2020, the first game jam in the campus history.

Find out more about them: facebook.com/interdevbayamon | instagram.com/interdevbayamon

Riot Unidos Summer Mentorship Program 2023

Riot Unidos ERG (Riot Games) x Latinx In Gaming

Selected in June 2023 | Participated during June 2023 - September 2023

Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2022 Scholar

PRGDA x LATAM Video Games Federation

Sponsored by Zynga's AmigoZ ERG and Latinx In Gaming

Selected in February 2022 | Participated during February 2022 - March 2022

1st Place with 'PixelTwips' Final Prototype

Video Game, Mobile, and Computer Applications Contest

Hosted by AI-Robotix, Aon App, and Inter Bayamón

Awarded in October 2014

3rd Place with 'PixelTwips' Early Prototype

Innovation Competition

Hosted by Quest Prisma

Awarded in June 2014

Game Design

Full Sail University

Master of Science | 2022 - 2023

• Capstone Track: Serious Games Track (SGT), Indie Games Track (IGT).

Video Game Design & Development

Inter American University of Puerto Rico - Bayamón Campus

Bachelor of Science | 2014 - 2020

• Minor in Computer Science.
• Honors: Cum Laude, Dean’s List 2015-2016, Dean's List 2019-2020.