Every discipline I care about is a study in timing, spatial awareness, and composure when variables collide.
Good fencers and good engineers have more in common than you think. Neither of them merely reacts. They read early, prepare obsessively, and stay calm precisely because the hard work was done before anything moved.
Big band piano taught me more about leadership than any textbook. Drive when the horns need pushing, disappear when someone's soloing, and trust that the groove holds without you filling every bar.
Across SLI, FGC 2024 and 2025, we explored how lunar technology and Robotics can improve life on Earth. I’ve started building in Luanda and arrived at Portugal, aiming to work in Space-Applied Cybersecurity.
I speak Portuguese & English and write systems in C, C++, C#, .NET, Blazor, Python, JavaScript, Java, HTML/CSS, and SQL. Connecting robotics, web applications and software with AI
Won 2nd place at Hack The City: Mobility Challenge (NOVA IMS) over 48 intense hours using real-world public transport data from TML, building Mobi4All to measure transit reliability and give commuters smarter routes.
Finished in 3rd place at Grona’s Growth Marketing Hackathon (hosted at 42 Lisboa, supported by Google for Startups & Google AI), where André Escarigo and I built a single-day AI-driven campaign to introduce FORGe 2027, the upcoming hackathon edition we are building at NOVAe and pitched it to the judges in two minutes.
Collaborated on Team LunaMotion at TerraLuna (SLI 25'), designing a modular lunar rover prototype for exploration, medical support, and Earth-side sustainability.
Competed twice at the FIRST Global Challenge (Athens 2024 & Panama City 2025 Eco-Equilibrium), serving as Team Captain & Programmer for Team Portugal at FGC 2025.
Big band pianist, Fencer, Self-Taught Photographer Since 2023 and graduate of a Military School.
