About
I'm a PhD student and Bradesco Fellow at the MIT Media Lab. I'm interested in understanding how the Web and mobile technologies can empower people and support collaboration, especially among youth and communities in the developing world. My work currently focuses on the design and analysis of social software. Previously, I worked in the software industry and at the Los Alamos National Lab. I finished a MS in Media Technology at MIT as Samsung Fellow, and a BS in Electronics Engineering at Tec de Monterrey. I like very spicy food.
Recent Projects
Scratch Online Community. An active website where kids (and some adults) share interactive media, collaborate and express themselves creatively. The project received an Honorary Mention in the Ars Electronica Prix 2008.
Mobile cancer screening. A cell phone and web-based application designed to help nurses perform pre-cancerous screening. Piloted in Zambia under the support of the Next Billion Network initiative.
Collaborators
I work primarily with Mitchel Resnick, my advisor, at the Lifelong Kindergarten Group. I also collaborate with Yochai Benkler at the Berkman Center at Harvard and with Tim Berners-Lee at the Decentralized Information Group at MIT CSAIL.
Recent online activity
