Design-oriented Architect with over 3 years of experience in the architecture-design field, including one year within the Gensler-DC’s sustainability team and over 5 years of experience in marketing and advertising. As the founder of an advertising media company (Up & Down Indoor Media) and a design studio (TASK), I possesses strong entrepreneurial skills and a keen awareness of the pressures and responsibilities that come with running a business. As a result, I am ideally positioned to understand problems from the clients’ perspective and thus develop solutions that help them do business in more efficient ways.
2012 - Awards of Excellence, Commercial Interiors Project of the Year for NRDC - USGBC National Capital Region.
2012 - Awarded GIA - Gensler’s Innovation Award - Active Design Program.
2005 - Architectural Conservation Project Honor Award - PR Chapter of AIA.
2004 - Finalist of Entrepreneur Contest “Exito Empresarial”
On May 14th, 2004 we were finalists in the Éxito Empresarial Univeristario [Successful Enterprises Competition for University Students] sponsored by Puerto Rico’s main newspaper, El Nuevo Día.
2002 - Winner of Entrepreneur Contest “Lanzate al Futuro de Budweiser”
On November 2nd, 2002 we proudly earned the first prize of the Lanzate al Futuro [Dive Into the Future] contest sponsored by Budweiser, Anheuser-Busch, Inc., where we received the amount of $10,000.00 to start our business.
- LEED AP BD+C - RIBA- Royal Institute of British Architects- Member - USGBC DC- United States Green Building Council- Member AIA DC-American Institute of Architects- Associate Member - ULI- Urban Land Institute- Member CAAPPR- Colegio de Arquitectos y Arquitectos Paisajistas de Puerto Rico