I'm from Lorena, a small city in the State of Sao Paulo, Brazil.

I've been curious about computers since I was a kid. At 17, I earned a technical certificate in computing. Three years later, I enrolled in a public college to study Information Technology Management.

At that point, we still didn't have a computer at home. My first one came through a local NGO — an old and simple PC from a City Hall project. Years later, I used my savings to buy a used MacBook Air. That's when I fell in love with Apple and decided I wanted to learn how to code. I considered Swift and Objective-C, but after some research, I chose web development and found my place in front-end.

In 2015, I completed a postgrad certificate in Web Application Development. That's when I consider my real career to have started — even though I barely knew how to program at the time.

Most of what I truly learned came through doing: working on real projects, attending events, studying on my own, and asking more experienced developers the right questions. I built my skills outside the classroom, not in it.

Over the next five years, everything changed:

• I started at a small marketing agency in my hometown, working with design and WordPress.
• Then I dropped everything to move to São Paulo and work at StartSe, an education startup, building basic landing pages with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Bootstrap.
• I visited Silicon Valley for the first time and took business courses while helping at a tech event.
• I worked across departments (sales, marketing, design, and video editing) until I eventually led a squad and became a partner in the company.
• I helped build a custom online events platform using React and Next.js, which became critical during the pandemic.
• I taught myself English from scratch through online courses and 500+ hours on Cambly.
• I attended over 60 tech events and meetups in Brazil and built meaningful connections in the dev community.

In 2022, I joined Automatiq, a U.S. based company in New York, where I work remotely as a developer. We build automation tools for ticket brokers, covering pricing, invoicing, and more across multiple vendors.

That same year, I created the official website for Padre Fábio de Melo, one of Brazil's most influential Catholic figures, and became responsible for his entire tech stack — including platforms like YouTube, Spotify, Apple Music, and Deezer.

In March 2024, I launched my first course (in Portuguese) about productivity with AI, sharing the systems and tools that helped me get here.

I'm excited for what's next — building with code, intention, and clarity.