[2][3] As a young adult, he was trained in musical composition at the Escuela Nacional de Musica in Mexico City,[4] while completing a BA in graphic design.
[5] He would later collaborate with Chris Brown on the Transmission Series, an interactive performance and installation using homemade, low-powered FM radio transmitters.
The publication stated further that in created his instruments, he “redefines the borders set by musical convention … [and] listens to found objects and, in effect, lets them speak as they will.”[4] Inspiration for compositions he has written for these inventions have included Native American and Mesoamerican cultures.
[5] In 2014 his work Blood Bolero commissioned by the Paul Dresher ensemble and soprano Amy X Neuburg premiered at the Zellerbach Playhouse at Berkeley.
[9] He also composed Sonic Re-Activation: Unearthing Public Square’s Forgotten Pasts while serving as a visiting artist-in-residence at Vanderbilt’s University Center for Latin American Studies and the Department of Art.
[4] Later, the two developed an exhibition of his instruments have also been displayed at the Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery made from objects left behind by immigrants making US-Mexico border crossings.