Go and Chess are huge passions of mine. The picture shows my first chess game with the Knoxville Chess Collective. My experience with chess is not competitive but, when it comes to Go, I have been playing for 15 years, participated in national and international tournaments, and served in the Directive Board of the Iberoamerican Go Federation (2018-2021), and the Venezuelan Go Association (2020-).

In Venezuela we pioneered the "Gakko no Go" project, introducing the game to children living in slums.

The photo showcases a doctor-in-the-making, terribly afraid of heights, rock climbing somewhere in Wyoming last Summer. Football and tennis are among my favorite sports. And by football I mean the real one, sans hands. Although sports are a hobby, workouts are an important part of my routine.

My motto is "no day without a line." I love books. My dream retirement, if any, is having my very own bookstore. Right now I am reading The Narrow Corridor and Old Man's War.