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Weekly published long-form articles about projects, products, experiences and ideas. They are categorized by Professional or Personal and can be filtered by theme.
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20/10/26October 20, 2026·Personal·5 min read
Money is not real.
My parents kept cash in drawers for years. Understanding why changed how I see money, fear and the decision to build my own projects.
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15/10/26October 15, 2026·Professional·5 min read
Fifteen conversations. One product. A lot to fix.
Fifteen sessions with people using Amaru for the first time revealed what needs fixing, what beginners see, and why building in public matters.
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13/10/26October 13, 2026·Personal·8 min read
I had been accepted. My first reaction was terror.
Three months into my first migration, in April 2018, an envelope signed by the Université Toulouse 1 Capitole reached my parents' living room in Lima. Between Caracas, Lima and Toulouse, this is how I went from terror to belonging.
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06/10/26October 6, 2026·Personal·6 min read
The goal was achieved. The feeling lasted 10 seconds.
In April 2020, an acceptance email from TSE brought the relief I had imagined for two years. Ten seconds later, I began to understand what my goal had been hiding.
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01/10/26October 1, 2026·Personal·7 min read
3 mistakes I would've preferred to avoid as an expat
Moving from Caracas to Lima taught me that a shared language does not mean a shared culture, that arriving physically is not the same as arriving mentally, and that relative safety is not the absence of risk.
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29/09/26September 29, 2026·Personal·6 min read
Twenty Bolívares
Twenty bolívares bought me lunch in Caracas in 2017. By December, they bought nothing. The semester I learned how quickly money can lose its value.
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24/09/26September 24, 2026·Professional·5 min read
What eight years abroad taught me
Three principles that helped me move from an unfamiliar university system to the Toulouse School of Economics, and later into the startup world.
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17/09/26September 17, 2026·Professional·3 min read
My grandma lost all her savings, and it was the government's fault
A family story about Peru's hyperinflation, monetary conversion and why independent investing decisions matter.
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