Research Scientist at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) explores the intersection of behavioral data modeling, cognitive science, and neurosymbolic programming. His general interests are artificial intelligence, cognitive science, health, education, and Latin America. Project Director of the NSF Expeditions in the Computing Project, part of a diverse research group in Understanding the World through Code is working on the future of artificial intelligence, with a focus on enhancing scientific discovery to starting from data. He is an Electronic Engineer, Autonomous University of the State of Mexico, with a Master in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of North Texas, Texas, USA, PhD in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom and a Postdoc in Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Boston, USA.