Born in NYC to a Cuban immigrant and a Spanish political refugee.

MA International Relations, First Class — University of Edinburgh, 2010.
MPhil International Relations — University of Oxford, 2012.

Google employee (Special Policy Team for the Right to be Forgotten), 2014.

Winner of the BAFTA Rocliffe New Writing Competition for Film, 2016.

Co-founder of the Oxford Psychedelic Society, 2017.

Studied Insight Meditation under Jaya Rudgard, Soto Zen Shikantaza meditation under Bárbara Kosen and Sandy Chubb, and Samatha meditation under Sarah Shaw.

Currently:

• Librarian of the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies.
• Teaching Assistant at Beckley Church of England Primary School.
• Host of the Philosophical Storytime YouTube channel.
• Co-host of the On the Verge podcast.

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