ABOUT ME

I was born in Bogotá, Colombia and immigrated to the United States when I was 12 years old. My parents made the courageous decision to leave everything behind so my sister and I could have the opportunity to build a life beyond the limitations they had known. Growing up as an immigrant, I learned early that achievement meant safety. Success wasn’t just ambition. It was survival.

So I followed the path that seemed most secure. I studied engineering at one of the top programs in the country and work for 5 different early stage start-ups, achieving the financial stability and professional success I had once dreamed about.

From the outside, it looked like I had won the game.

But over time, a deeper question began to emerge.

What happens when you achieve everything you were taught to pursue… and realize there is another level of life waiting to be explored?

I grew up with a strong spiritual compass and understand of quantum physics. My father was my teacher and guide, and from an early age I sensed that a part of my life would be devoted to human and spiritual development. He always whispered in my ear “don’t give up your dream”

Yet for many years, I quieted that knowing. I was being highly rewarded for being an engineer. I worked with early-stage startups across software and robotics, and my intellect was valued. I was praised for solving complex problems, for leading teams, for motivating people.

From the outside, it looked like alignment.

But internally, something essential had gone quiet.

My soul felt turned off. Slowly decaying.

Over time, my body began reflecting that inner disconnection. What started as exhaustion slowly deepened into a depression, eventually colliding with a life-altering traumatic event.

In hindsight, it was the catalyst.

The moment that asked me to choose a different life.

I stepped away from the path I had built and turned fully toward what had always been calling me.

What I have come to see in my work is that most meaningful transformations begin with a catalyst. Sometimes it arrives as insight. More often, it arrives through pain.

Those moments carry a strange kind of grace.

They build the momentum that moves us toward what we are truly meant to become, toward a life that is deeply aligned with the soul.

It was in this pivotal moment in my life that I began to question everything.

My relationship.
Where I was living.
My career.
The entire structure of the life I had built.

With my immigrant background, quitting my engineering job felt deeply irresponsible. My parents had sacrificed everything to build stability for our family, and I knew that stepping away from a secure career meant walking away from the financial safety I had worked so hard to create.

To pursue something purely from passion went against many of the paradigms and beliefs I had grown up with.

And yet, my spiritual compass was unmistakably clear.

I knew I had to surrender to something deeper.

So I took my life savings and devoted myself fully to coaching training and breathwork training.

During the greatest transition of my life, breathwork became the tool that helped me regulate my nervous system and navigate the uncertainty of leaving behind everything I once believed defined success.

Western society teaches us that our career is everything — that it defines our value, our identity, and our place in the world. Letting go of that identity required a deep rewiring of my inner world.

Through this process, I became fascinated with the science and practice of breath. I studied heart rate variability, coherent breathing, and the ways the breath can influence the nervous system, emotional regulation, and states of consciousness.

For five years, I immersed myself in the practice.

Breathwork became the vehicle through which I expanded my capacity — my body, my nervous system, my mindset, and my spiritual path — to hold and receive the life that was calling me.

Today, breathwork is a foundational part of my coaching work.

The breath reconnects us to intuition and spirit. Coaching helps us shift the internal patterns and beliefs that shape our reality.

Together, they create the conditions for profound transformation.

After completing three years of training through the Institute of Coaching Mastery, focused on somatic coaching, and studying additional modalities such as Internal Family Systems (IFS), I designed my own coaching methodology. My work blends breathwork + inner work, guiding clients into altered states of consciousness and healing past pain that is projected into the present moment.

During those years, I accumulated 5,000+ hours of coaching, supporting mostly founders. This period of immersion led to the creation of Lumira, my retreat company, which began with a focus on supporting men’s work.

I realized that if I truly wanted to influence the world and help shift paradigms, I needed to work with the people who currently hold the greatest influence and decision-making power.

Men.

So I began hosting retreats for male founders and leaders in Austin, Texas. Over the course of three years, we hosted more than 17 retreats, supported over a hundred leaders, and witnessed profound personal and professional transformations.

After completing that chapter, I moved to San Francisco to expand this work into the Bay Area - a place where many of the futurists shaping the next era of technology and society are building.

I see myself as a bridge between spirituality and the futurist world.

I am deeply interested in emerging technologies such as AGI, blockchain, and longevity science, and I knew the Bay Area would be the right place to continue bringing this work to the people building the future.

Through this path, I became a resident coach for HF0 Residency, one of the leading accelerators in San Francisco for AI companies, as well as Lightyear Residency, a sister residency supporting early-stage founders.

These communities focus on helping companies launch from zero to one.

And that stage of creation is where my work naturally lives.

Zero to one is my sweet spot.

I am a fire starter. I love supporting people who are ready to take massive leaps and shift paradigms. I am especially drawn to founders who are here to disrupt and follow their soul’s purpose not simply build another B2B SaaS company.

Over the years, my practice has grown almost entirely through word of mouth, through the impact and results of the work itself.

Today, I work with founders, investors, and venture leaders at many different stages, from pre-seed founders to those building companies valued in the hundreds of millions. But for me, it is less about the stage of the company and more about where the founder is in their personal evolution, and the inner leap they are being called to take.

In addition to working privately with founders and leaders, I also facilitate breathwork sessions at conferences across the United States. I continue to bring breathwork into spaces where people are often accustomed to more superficial forms of connection, including technology gatherings, crypto conferences, and leadership events.

My intention is to bring more consciousness into the rooms where the future is being built.