The Human

I grew up in Tepa, Jalisco, México. Tepa makes the best tacos al pastor and our red-clay soil grows the best agave azul. Tequila + Tacos, name a better combo!

I moved to NYC in the spring of ’99. The tequila and tacos were not as good but I did find my lobster, and with a lot of soccer in between; my calling. I’ve worked in almost every corner of the city, from Tribeca (stock boy) to Soho (busser) to the Upper East Side (Room Service) to Wall Street (Chocolate Boutique Assistant Manager) to Madison Square Park (Web Designer) to Harlem (Product Designer) to Midtown (UX Designer) to my current home in the Heights (Designer/Developer, Freelancer, Teacher, Mentor) where I’m raising two incredible daughters.

The Designer

I’m a Designer. Sometimes Product, sometimes UX, most of it for the Web. The Design loop is pretty straightforward: Make something, strengthen your fundamentals, make more of that something.

The Web loop is pretty ephemeral; things change fast and it is as much fun as it is challenging, If you are a designer and your outputs are pixels, speaking the language (code) will make you a better designer. Full Stop.

What’s Jupago?

Juan Pablo Gomez. Somewhere in Latin America, a Juan Gomez will be born by the time you finish reading this sentence. I was number 23 at my most recent job and I’m already the second most popular Juan Gomez in my family but I will be the most popular Jupago!

Currently and Previously

Same as I wrote on my home page!