Daniel is a systems administrator, professor, samba dancer, poet, and political scientist. He has worked with open source software and with the Linux community. Parallel to his work as a computer scientist, he received his master’s degree in political science, became a popular educator, and, in 2021, launched his first book of poems, entitled Florecimientos (‘Blossoms’). With this hybrid trajectory, he found in the Tricontinental a promising space for his professional development.