I am a computational linguist with an interdisciplinary focus to deepen the study of human language. I recently joined an interdisciplinary research center in Mexico (CEIICH, UNAM), where I work in the interface between humanities and the field of AI. 

My lines of research cover Multilingual NLP, Quantitative Linguistics, NLP for less-resourced languages of the Americas, and the diversity and social impact implications of AI technologies.

Before I was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Zürich where I specialized in approaches for modeling linguistic complexity and typology using text corpora and inspired by information theory. 

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I come from a chaotic city, on a volcanic plateau at more than 2000 m above sea level, in a country where 68 different languages are spoken. Perhaps that's part of the reason why I'm captivated by the chaos, predictability and diversity inherent to natural languages and how can we measure that.

In my free time, I like to collaborate with initiatives that encourage NLP for under-represented languages of Mexico  

*I also enjoy getting to know about the history/languages/cultures around the world (and within Mexico),  bikes 🚲,  axolotls ≽(◕ ᴗ ◕)≼  and more...