Me

Hey!

You want to know about me, don’t you?

I started coding at age 8.

Picture this:
It’s 1999. Windows 98 in the house. Floppy disks. The Millennium bug approaching. And a phone line always busy to surf at 24.4 Kbps.

Arguably, I’m one of the first digital natives in this world.

And no. I wasn’t born anywhere near Silicon Valley, I’m from a small countryside town in Italy where even today high‑speed internet is a far mirage.

Fast forward: at 16y/o I started freelancing while studying IT.
In the meantime, I also began picking up one thing or two about design, user experience, and how to craft products from zero to hero.

During my career, I helped multiple startups from all around the world as a digital advisor, filling roles such as Product Owner, UX/UI Designer, and Software Developer.

Nowadays, beside being a Product Designer at Zalando, I spend most of my spare time building stuff, learning new things, traveling, and creative coding art.

Random fun facts:

  • I’m on a mission to reinvent myself every 2 years.
  • I’m half Italian, and half Dominican (with German roots)1.
  • I’m a huge electronic2and weird music nerd.
  • 1My mother is from Domincan Republic, her grandfathers from Germany. I definitely have to take a DNA test.
  • 2I love exploring every subgenre and/or digital sound...anyhow, do genres still exist?