Learning is not a season for me, it's a discipline.
From mechanical engineering to a UX BFA at SCAD, with masters in
SEO and CRO, a Google UX certificate, and a constant stream of
specialised courses on the side, every step has been chosen on
purpose. The point isn't the diploma. The point is the way of
thinking each programme leaves behind.
1BFA in progress SCAD UX Design
2 yrMechanical Engineering Universidad de Valladolid
2Bootcamps SEO & CRO
3Certifications Google · GEO · more
3+Specialised courses 3D · Branding · Business
4.0Current major GPA over 4.0 · SCAD
CHAPTER 01 — Current education
SCAD, BFA UX Design.
Sep 2024 — PresentCurrent
BFA UX Design · Industrial Design minor
Savannah College of Art and Design · Atlanta, US
Sophomore on a full athletic scholarship after the
SCAD cycling team coach reached out and offered me a spot to study
and race. Currently holding a 4.0 over 4.0 major GPA,
pursuing the Industrial Design minor in parallel, and shipping live
client work and personal projects between classes. SCAD's
project-based studios let me put the theory straight into practice
every quarter.
Sep 2018 — Jun 2019 · 2 years completedFoundations
Mechanical Engineering
Universidad de Valladolid · Spain
Two full years of the BSc in Mechanical Engineering, taken on
while already racing as an under-23 cyclist. I left the degree to
go pro in 2020, but the syllabus stayed with me and still shapes
how I think about systems, materials, and trade-offs. It's also
why I can sit between designers and engineers without missing a
beat.
Course load
3 advanced mathematics courses
Object-oriented programming & C++
3 physics courses
Technical drawing
Material science & material resistance
Business & economics
Statistics
Organisational structure
MathematicsPhysicsMaterialsC++StatisticsBusiness
CHAPTER 03 — Masters & certifications
The data side of design.
The thread that took me from graphic and product design into UX
wasn't a single class, it was a stack of targeted programmes I
took on my own time. Each one closed a specific gap.
2023 — 2024Bootcamp
Bootcamp in SEO & Bootcamp in CRO
Webpositer Academy · Spain
Deep technical and behavioural training on search optimisation
and conversion rate optimisation, the two disciplines that turn
a design idea into a measurable outcome.
SEOCROBehavioural Analytics
2024Course
GEO — Generative Engine Optimization
Webpositer Academy · Spain
Strategy and tooling for getting brands cited and surfaced by
generative AI search interfaces. The successor to classic SEO.
GEOAI SearchStrategy
2023 — 2024Certificate
Google UX Design Professional Certificate
Google · Coursera
The full UX research-to-prototype loop, capstone projects
included. Where my UX practice was formalised before SCAD took
over the long-form education.
Shorter programmes I took to plug specific holes in my toolkit, in
parallel with the cycling years and the freelance year.
Sep — Dec 2024
3D Design in AutoCAD
ESI · Escuela Superior de Imagen, Universidad de Diseño · Valladolid
Formal training on AutoCAD 3D parametric modelling. Fed directly into the Veloque industrial design work the year after.
Industrial Design
Sep — Dec 2024
Entrepreneurship Programme
Cámara de Comercio de Valladolid
Business modelling, lean validation, fundraising basics. Taken in parallel with the AutoCAD course while preparing the Veloque pitch.
Business
Jan — Apr 2019
Signage & Infographics
ESI · Escuela Superior de Imagen, Universidad de Diseño · Valladolid
Visual systems, wayfinding, and information design. Taken during the engineering / under-23 cycling years.
Information Design
§ Philosophy
A learning record, not a finished one.
The list above isn't closed. I take new courses every quarter,
read across disciplines, and treat every project as a study
programme of its own.
Right now I'm deep in agentic AI workflows with
Claude Code, generative search optimisation, and industrial
design fundamentals through the SCAD minor. By the time you
read this, the list has probably grown.
I rarely take a programme just to add a line to a CV. Each one
has to fix a real gap, give me a tool I can use the next day,
or open a domain I want to argue about with the people who
designed it.
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