About

Hey, I'm Marcos - nice to meet you!

I'm Spanish/Taiwanese and was born in Spain in 2001.

TLDR: I graduated Berkeley EECS in three years, while being on the D1 swim team, and became a software engineer at LinkedIn. I trained for the Paris Olympics in 2024 and almost made it, and got accepted into YCombinator S24 to pursue my startup dreams. In the meantime, I document everything on YouTube and my channel has grown to about 160k subscribers.

I have many passions and hobbies, to the extent where sometimes they feel like chores. But in my free time I like to play the piano, draw, make videos, play all sports (swim, ski and surf whenever possible), and play with my cat Loki.

My favorite food is paella and burritos, my favorite snack is cookies, and my favorite place is NYC.

Here's a timeline of some important events in my life since I feel like I need to fill this space with something.

May 16, 2001

Born in Madrid, Spain

Aug 2019

Started UC Berkeley EECS

And represented the Cal Men's Swimming Team

Jan 2020

First YouTube video ever

A week in the life of a UC Berkeley | EECS student-athlete

March 2022

NCAA Champion

PAC-12 Conference Champion. 18.9s 50 free

June 2022

Graduated UC Berkeley

Completed in three years

Aug 2022

Moved to NYC

Started as Infrastructure Engineer at LinkedIn

Feb 2023

Got my first cat Loki

The cutest Scottish Straight

Aug 2023

Moved back to Berkeley

To train for Paris Olympics

Dec 2023

Hit 100k on YouTube

Silver play button, a dream come true

April 2024

Launched Clothing Line EPOCH

Sold out first drop

May 2024

Got accepted into Y Combinator

Co-founded Palmier

July 2024

Moved to SF

For the startup

April 2025

Ran first marathon

Life crisis

Jan 2026

Moved back to NYC