About Me
I'm a criminal lawyer who codes. For over a decade I worked in Colombia's judiciary, as a legal officer, and then as a judge, conducting criminal trials, analyzing complex evidence, and writing rulings that had real consequences for real people. That kind of work trains you to reason carefully, spot gaps in logic, and make decisions under pressure. Those are the same skills I bring to software.
Over the last year I've built deliberately: front-end development first, then data analytics, and now backend web development at Hack Your Future in Denmark. I use AI every day, not as a buzzword, but as a working tool: prompting, evaluating outputs, integrating it into workflows, and understanding its limits. My cybersecurity studies -GRC, GDPR, threat assessment- add the layer of risk thinking that comes naturally from a legal background.
I'm looking for work at the intersection of law, data, and technology, where understanding compliance isn't separate from building the system, and where the person who can read a regulation is also the one writing the API. Based in Denmark, building in public.
🛠️ Skills & Stack
- 🌐 Web Development: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React — currently specializing in Node.js and backend architecture at Hack Your Future
- 📊 Data & Analytics: Python, SQL, Power BI — data cleaning, transformation, and KPI dashboard design
- 🔐 Cybersecurity: GRC, GDPR, digital risk management, threat assessment fundamentals
- 🤖 AI: Prompt engineering, LLM output evaluation, workflow integration, and responsible deployment in regulated environments
- ⚖️ Legal expertise: Criminal law, structured risk analysis, regulatory compliance, human rights — 10+ years in Colombia's judiciary
- 🛠️ Tools: Git, GitHub, Visual Studio Code, Power BI, Excel, PowerShell
💼 Professional Experience
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Legal Assistant — Court for the Execution of Sentences and Security Measures
Managed compliance monitoring and inter-institutional communication across a regulated judicial environment, ensuring procedural accuracy and documentation integrity. Built expertise in quality control, traceability, and audit-readiness.
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Judge — Municipal Criminal Court
Presided over criminal trials — evaluating testimonies, forensic evidence, and competing legal arguments to reach reasoned verdicts with real consequences. Coordinated daily across prosecutors, defense attorneys, and public institutions under strict procedural timelines. Wrote detailed rulings that had to be both legally precise and publicly accountable, covering everything from procedural crimes to complex organized crime cases.
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Legal Assistant & Administrative Roles — Judicial Branch
Supported judicial processes focused on human rights and regulatory compliance. Improved documentation workflows and contributed to the integration of digital case management systems. Coordinated multidisciplinary teams across legal and administrative functions.
🚀 Projects
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Employee Insights — Data Analytics Project
Cleaned, transformed, and analyzed a large employee salary dataset. Built Power BI dashboards with KPI indicators and applied structured data quality checks. Designed Python scripts for data cleaning and transformation, with a focus on responsible handling of sensitive data.
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Frog Hunter — Memory Card Game
Built a browser-based memory card game with three escalating difficulty levels, a countdown timer, and a reveal counter. Implemented game state, logic, and win/loss feedback in vanilla JavaScript. Deployed as a full-stack application on Render.
🎓 Education & Training
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Web Development Program — Hack Your Future, Denmark
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Cybersecurity Fundamentals — ReDI School of Digital Integration, Denmark
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Cybersecurity Foundations: GRC — LinkedIn Learning
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Cybersecurity Fundamentals - IBM SkillsBuild
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Data Analytics Program — ReDI School of Digital Integration, Denmark
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Front-End Development — ReDI School of Digital Integration, Denmark
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Master of Criminal and Criminological Sciences — Universidad Externado de Colombia
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Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) — Universidad de Ibagué
🌐 Languages
- 🇩🇰 Danish (PD3)
- 🇬🇧 English (Fluent)
- 🇧🇷 Portuguese (Fluent)
- 🇪🇸 Spanish (Native)
🤝 Volunteering
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Volunteer Project Coordinator — AXIS NGO
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Researcher — Transparency International
Co-authored the national report "Korruption i Danmark 2000–2024".
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Prison Visiting Service — Danish Red Cross
