Portfolio
What I've built, produced, advised, and invested in.
Built
Technology & Startups
Funding the Commons
CEO · 2023–present
Conference series turned institution turned incubator. Convening researchers, builders, and funders to design better mechanisms for funding public goods. 15+ events across four continents since 2021. Independent PBC as of 2023.
ReSource Network
Co-founder & CEO · 2020–2022
Mutual credit protocol on Ethereum. Celo Camp Batch 2 winner. Built blockchain-based trade credit infrastructure for decentralized business networks.
Produced
16-year event production career spanning Guatemala to global conferences
Lead Producer
Cosmic Convergence Festival flagship
Co-founder & Creative Director · Lake Atitlán, Guatemala · 2012–2020
Annual gathering blending art, music, Mayan culture, and education for conscious living. 100% non-profit — all proceeds went to local social projects including a nutrition center, schools, and women's cooperatives.
Universal Dance Guatemala
Lake Atitlán · NYE 2011–2012
The gathering that became Cosmic Convergence. New Year's celebration at Lake Atitlán that marked the beginning of the festival series.
Cacao Convergence
Guatemala · 2018
A gathering exploring ceremonial cacao, permaculture, and indigenous plant medicine traditions. Organized with Finca el Porvenir and NuMundo.
Nu Living
Costa Rica · Part of NuMundo ecosystem
A digital nomad retreat combining remote work with immersive community living at regenerative land projects.
Nu Seed
Costa Rica · 2017 · Part of NuMundo ecosystem
A micro-festival concept — another event format we pioneered within the NuMundo network, testing smaller-scale gatherings as alternatives to the large festival model.
Core Contributor
Geo Paradise / Tribal Gathering
Panama · ~2013–2016
Produced the indigenous workshop area and West Coast bass music stage. Significant production work at one of Central America's largest multi-day gatherings.
Envision Festival
Uvita, Costa Rica · ~2012–2015
Ran the permaculture area at one of Costa Rica's flagship transformational festivals.
Institutional
Funding the Commons Event Series
15+ events · 4 continents · 2021–present
Conferences, hackathons, open-source developer residencies, and private institutional dinners. SF, NYC, Lisbon, Berlin, Paris, Taipei, Tokyo, Bangkok, Buenos Aires. Residencies in Berlin, Chiang Mai, and Buenos Aires.
Grants & Field Pilots
Grants Received
Gitcoin GCP-011
60,000 USDC · Passed on-chain with 4.72M votes in favor
Funding for the FtC hackathon and residency program.
Octant (Epochs 2–5)
~$87,000 across four funding epochs
Supporting FtC events in San Francisco, Tokyo, Bangkok, and the Chiang Mai builder residency.
Gitcoin Grants (QF Rounds)
~$20,000 across GG22 and GG24
Public goods tooling and The Commons platform.
Celo Public Goods (GG21)
Real World Builders program
Hosting Celo builders at FtC residency.
Crowdfunding
Project Nuevo Mundo Earth Odyssey
$22,601 raised · 102% funded · Indiegogo · 2013
Crowdfunded the six-month continental bus tour connecting regenerative communities across the U.S., Mexico, and Central America. 22 econauts, two buses, nine impact centers visited.
NuMundo: A Network for the New World
$22,742 raised · 385 backers · Indiegogo · 2015
Crowdfunded the NuMundo platform launch — an online network connecting transformational travelers with impact centers, ecovillages, and regenerative projects worldwide.
All grant milestones tracked on Karma GAP.
Field Pilots
REFUNITE Uganda: Music & Blockchain for Refugees
Funding the Commons x REFUNITE · Kampala, Uganda
Partnership with REFUNITE deploying blockchain-based financial tools and music production training to Burundian and South Sudanese refugee communities. 173 direct beneficiaries, 8,500 indirect. 22 refugees opened crypto wallets for the first time. 47 trained in music production. 30 on-chain Bitcoin transactions via Fedi app.
Grants Deployed
Builder Basic Income Program
$10,000 matched 1:1 by Drips.Network
First grants awarded to Tomislav Mamic (Muqa.org — Municipal Quadratic Funding Initiative, incubated through FtC).
Advisory
Values Network
Advisor
Investments
Celo Scout Fund
Celo Foundation · 2022–present
Investing in mission-aligned founders building on Celo. Portfolio includes AlfredPay.
Side Projects
Conscious Convergence
Programming partner
Collaborated with Cosmic Convergence to shape programming that honored the Mayan communities and place at Lake Atitlán.
Research
"Central America (Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua): Patterns of Human Rights Violations"
Beatriz Manz, WRITENET for UNHCR · August 2008
Research contributor, Nicaragua section. Conducted field research in Managua with CEPREV through UC Berkeley's Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program.
Education
University of California, Berkeley
BA, International Political Economy · 2004–2008
Concentrations in Global Poverty & Practice and Middle Eastern Studies.