I spent 8 years in hospitality—starting as a cashier in Ecuador, working my way up to restaurant manager, then moving to New York to continue in the industry. Along the way, I learned how to run tight operations, solve problems on the fly, and lead teams through the chaos of a dinner rush.

But I kept noticing patterns. Manual processes that could be simplified. Tasks eating up hours that could be automated. I started digging into data analytics, earned my IBM certificate, and realized I wanted to build the solutions I kept imagining.

Now I'm in NPower's bootcamp learning networking and systems administration while teaching myself Python, Docker, and automation at night. I run my own Ubuntu VPS, deploy projects with Docker, and I'm building tools that actually solve problems—not just tutorial projects.

The skills translate more than I expected. Debugging a Docker container feels a lot like troubleshooting a POS system during a rush—stay calm, work through it methodically, fix it fast. I'm still solving problems, just in a different environment.

My edge? I'm bilingual (English/Spanish), I understand operations from the ground up, and I'm not afraid to learn in public. I'm building toward automation engineering, RPA development, and PropTech—and I'm documenting every step.