About me

Work experience and Education

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  UX/UI Designer - Extremadura Open Future by Telefónica

  October 2019 - Present

  I continue my professional career being part of the Open Future Extremadura initiative, a program to support entrepreneurship promoted by Telefónica, which offers a workspace for small startups with a personalized itinerary through mentoring sessions.
  I have learned to work with very different projects, users with different digital knowledge and experiences and to do mentoring with those responsible for startups.

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  UX-PM Certification Level 1 by UXAlliance

  May 2019

  While working and learning about UX/UI I met UX-PM, an international training program certified by the UXAlliance.
  This certification taught me many key concepts of UX, its psychological and cognitive foundations, best practices, tools and processes of UX. I also learned to advocate for an user-centered approach to digital projects.
  I will continue with this certification, which is composed of three different levels.

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  Full-stack Developer - Homeria Open Solutions

  Jun 2017 - March 2020

  My first job was in Homeria, a software development company that offers solutions in the QSR (Quick Service restaurant) sector and development of R&D projects.
  I started as a fullstack web developer where I learned a lot about the different parts that a real project (backend, frontend and infrastructure) has, new programming languages and good practices, version control code teamwork and pair programming.
  Later on I had the opportunity to manage and organize the project, the communication with the customer and the rest of the departments. Also management of the technical and emotional aspects of the different members of the team.
  During last year, I learned many concepts about UX/UI. I was also able to carry out small internal projects and I was responsible for the design aspect of the different projects and communication with the customer inside the company.

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  Computer Engineering Exchange Student - Università di Pavia

  September 2016 - May 2017

  I love traveling, learning and getting to know new cultures. In addition, I enjoy living new experiences. For this reason I continued my studies at the Universitá di Pavia for a year where I learned a lot about computer vision, 3D creation and design of enterprise systems. I also improved my communication skills in English and Italian.

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  Software Engineering, Bachelor Degree - Polytechnic School of Cáceres

  September 2012 - June 2018

  At the Polytechnic School of Cáceres I began my studies in computer engineering. During these years I learned how to develop in different programming languages and programming principles through different projects.
  In addition, I acquired concepts and knowledge of creation, management and execution of software projects. I also learned to work in team projects.

Public speaking

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  (Coming soon) UX vs UI. Dev's survival manual - Salamanca Conf

  We usually see the acronyms UX and UI very closely linked, but do we really know where the user experience begins and where the user interface ends? In this talk we will explain the purpose, basic concepts and principles of the user experience and the user interface.

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  Okay, I'm an engineer and now what? - Cultural Week Polytechnic School

  Adventures after college.We will talk about what happens when you finish college and what you face when you enter the world of work, what tips you should know when you finish, feelings and experiences during your first professional years and advice on how to enjoy your college years.

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  Moderator and organizer of Open Spaces in - DevopsDays Cáceres

  At the DevopsDays event, there was a time slot in which conversations and discussions were proposed and then voted on, in which attendees shared their experience and opinions on the proposed topics.
  My objective was to organize and explain the dynamics of the space. To manage the proposal of the topics, the voting and selection of the topics and finally, to moderate and direct the debate and the different topics.

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  International Day of Women and Girls in Science - February 11th

  I had the opportunity to attend several high schools to talk about how to make visible women working in science. I also talked about very important women and their contribution throughout history in the scientific world, the influence of toys, series and films, the lack of female scientific references in books and school material.

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  Round Table: Women, Employment and Technology - Unimpulso Congress

  I was invited to this congress to talk and exchange opinions with other colleagues in the sector. We talked about the difference in opportunities, about gender roles and stereotypes. We also talked about our individual personal stories and initiatives and changes that are being made to try and balance the huge gender gap that exists in the STEM sector.

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  DELETE FORM stereotypes; - Extremadura Digital Day

  At the Extremadura Digital Day event I had the opportunity to talk about the gender gap in the STEM sector. I talked about many women in history who made great discoveries or contributions to the sector. I also showed the results of different studies made on this subject and what were the conslusions about it. Finally, I also proposed possible solutions to try to change this situation.

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  UX vs UI. Infinity war - Homeria Talks

  In my first public talk, I talked about basic UX/UI concepts for developers explaining the objective of each specialty, differences between the two, the importance of including it in projects and some principles.