Brazilian-American software engineer and aspiringaward-winning novelist.
Author of I.C.Q. and The Big Score, which won first place for Young Adult in Portuguese at the 2023 International Latino Book Awards. I live in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, with my family.
Writing
- Binge-Watching The Other Bennet Sister
How a show about the most overlooked Bennet sister became my feel-good obsession of the week
- Uncle Bau
On my Uncle Bau, and the bonds that survive even when the visits don’t.
- Lend Me Your Ears
A long-overdue update on the whole household, prompted by a friend’s
- Where’s My Saddle?
A conversation about AI, engineering axioms, and why “throw more people at it” was always a myth
- Shield Fatigue, Part Two
Not Empathy Fatigue
- The Oinking Incident
A summer memory involving a Mazda, a cop, and a sound no one saw coming
Series
The Mill
Engineering parables about a mill, its keepers, and the machines that outpace them. 5 parts.
Murder Hornet
Serialized fiction, published a chapter a week through the fall of 2025. 7 parts.
Tracing the Edges of My Ikigai
Essays on what I love, what I'm good at, what the world needs, and what pays. 4 parts.
The Big Score
O Grande Desafio
I.C.Q.
ICQ
Software Quality Engineering
Life in Rough Draft
My newsletter on Substack. Reading, writing, leading engineers, and stories from Brazil, New Jersey, and Chapel Hill.