I am a multi-disciplinary professional with expertise in Urban Design, Architecture, Product Design, and Development. My research centers around the profound influence of energy grids on the form and caliber of our built environment. Presently, I am engrossed in investigating the repercussions of power outages on the quality of life at the local barrio level in Puerto Rico.
As part of my commitment to addressing this issue, I co-founded Apagon LLC, a non-profit organization. Our primary achievement is the creation of the Apagon App—an innovative tool enabling citizens to efficiently report power outages on a large scale. Beyond its reporting function, the app harnesses the power of citizen science for ground truthing purposes, amplifying its impact on rectifying energy-related challenges.