Juan is a queer human-centered designer, architect, and community builder whose work sits at the intersection of social justice, participatory design, and systems thinking.

He holds a master's degree in Human-Centered Design and Engineering from the University of Washington and is a 2025 Humanity in Action Fellow in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

His work includes leading participatory design with displaced Indigenous communities in the Peruvian Amazon and knocking on doors across rural Pennsylvania, to organize isolated home care workers. He is also the creator of masa, a participatory project that designs brave spaces which brings strangers together for dialogue across differences.

Juan has worked with communities around the world, and this global perspective continues to shape his approach to every project. He excels at understanding the needs of different users and contexts through a systems thinking lens. Rather than offering top-down solutions, he guides individuals and groups to uncover their own insights and possibilities.