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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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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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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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03/09/26September 3, 2026·Professional·5 min read
The Polymath Edge
In 2024, a former Head of National Intelligence in Peru gave me a framework on how to approach my work creatively. Then I found out something deep about myself. AI can retrieve information. What it cannot do is ask the right question from the right angle, informed by the right combination of seemingly unrelated fields.
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27/08/26August 27, 2026·Personal·4 min read
Moved to France Alone at 18
At 18 I left Venezuela for France alone, with no contacts and no clear plan. Eight years and three countries later, here are three lessons I found about institutions, isolation, and knowing what you want.
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