My Journey & Your Future in Tech

💡 From Childhood Curiosity to a Lifelong Mission

While I was born in Queens, NY, my story truly begins in Barrio Guayabal, Juana Díaz, Puerto Rico, where I grew up with my grandmother.

My technological awakening came from two powerful sources. The first was the hum of my uncle's computer—a Windows 2.0 system with a green monochrome monitor. To most, it was a box; to me, it was a window into the future. The second was the dazzling spectacle of Disney World. On family trips, I was mesmerized by the lights, the animatronics, and the engineering behind the magic. It wasn't just a vacation; it was the realization that I wanted to be the architect behind that kind of technology.

One Saturday, I declared to my late grandfather, LCDO. Ramón Luis Ríos Rodríguez, that I wanted to work with computers. His face lit up, and his enthusiastic response—"Rios Computer!"—was more than just encouragement; it was the birth of a brand I would spend the next decade building.

Later, as I was heading into high school, my grandmother, Delia Torres (a retired 4th-grade science teacher), saw my unwavering focus. She found the pioneering vocational tech program at Escuela Superior Luis Llorens Torres that became my foundation. Her support—providing me with a car, finances, and loving food—was the bedrock I built my career upon.

While my grandmother provided the educational foundation, my mother Wanda Burgos was the emotional architect of my career. At every crossroads—from those first 'Rios Computer' days to the high-stakes migrations of my 40s—she has been the voice on the other end of the phone, teaching me that 'engineering' a life is just as important as engineering a system. Whether she was teaching me to cook traditional recipes over the phone to cure my loneliness or pulling me back from the brink of burnout, she is the silent partner in every solution I build.