I left my home in Mexico City the summer of 2002 to pursue my academic goals.  After completing two years at Cabrillo Comunity College in Aptos California, I was able to transfer to the University of California, Santa Cruz, where I obtained my B.S. degree in Astrophysics by June of 2006.  There I had the valuable opportunity of working with Professor Joel Primack and his post doctorate Patrik Jonsson, performing and analyzing simulations of dust attenuation in hydrodynamic galaxies, using Patrik’s radiative-transfer code Sunrise.  Currently I am a new graduate student at the University of California, Irvine, working under the supervision of James Bullock and motivated by a very competent research group.  I invite you to take a look to my Statement of Purpose for more information about my interests and achievements.