roabhi

With a strong background on Graphic Design / Visual Communication and driven by my passion for independence and self discovery I started my career right away as UX/UI freelancer as soon as I finished my degree in college spending the next 12 years developing brands and design materials for international companies and startups learning, in the process, not only web development, but how to set up my own daily schedules and compromising to deadlines.

In 2013 I came into contact with blockchain technology and decentralized systems. When ETH came out and the web3 movement started to emerge a few years later I knew that was the next thing I wanted to do in my life. 

In the summer of 2022 I heard about 42 and their upcoming opening in Barcelona offering a new way to become a software engineer using a disruptive path of learning. I thought that was a match for me so, later in November I enrolled in the first promotion (called piscine) in the city, successfully finishing their common core (or essential block of knowledge) two years after, deepening my understanding on Shell, C, C++, Make, Docker and many other low level languages and tools to the point of feeling comfortable learning anything under the sun.

Inside that open and collaborative environment I also got the opportunity to rediscover and develop my networking and social skills as I met other students interested in blockchain. Together, we founded a study group inside the school that fueled my curiosity about building communities, introducing me to the local blockchain and web3 scene as an active member.

Those connections and experiences led me to the present moment where I use the skills I gathered over the years, either in the field of design, coding or community management as useful tools helping organizations to gain adoption by growing their presence and audience both in the virtual and physical world while advocating for change in the financial, technological and social fabric of our time.