VillyMetaBridging Code, Culture & Consciousness

I was the kind of kid who couldn’t leave a broken radio alone. I’d take apart burnt-out electronics just to see what lived inside them. The quiet hum of circuitry fascinated me. On our first family computer, back when AOL dial-up sang through the phone line, I’d explore programs until someone needed to make a call. I grew up alongside the internet, from Windows to Macintosh, from LimeWire to the early social web. I built my first digital world on MySpace, coding clean layouts in HTML with embedded music players and falling stars. I didn’t know it then, but I was already learning the language of creation.

Outside the screen, I was in constant motion. Wrestling mats, softball fields, five-mile runs; sports taught me discipline, endurance, and the beauty of balance. But they also opened my eyes to inequality. I noticed early on how baseball fields were perfectly groomed while softball diamonds lagged behind, how the boys’ teams had state tournaments while the girls didn’t. Those questions, small at first, led me to sociology, psychology, and eventually Gender, Sexuality & Women’s Studies.

I became fascinated by how systems shape people, how exposure becomes belief, how two individuals can share the same home and still experience different worlds. That curiosity, both technical and human, became my compass.

In 2017, I started hearing whispers about Bitcoin, NFTs, and the blockchain. I didn’t yet understand it, but something about it intrigued me. This idea of ownership, decentralization, and digital permanence. The thing about technology is that we never quite know which way it will lean, whether social determinism or technological determinism will define its path, or if, somewhere in the middle, we can build the balance we need. That middle ground is where I’ve always wanted to work, where human intention meets technological evolution, and meaning meets innovation.

That philosophy gave birth to VillyMeta , a creative and technological space where design, storytelling, and innovation intersect. It’s not just a brand, but a belief that technology should amplify humanity, not replace it. Through projects like AtzaEarth, I’ve sought to push that belief further, using tech to confront real, global issues like waste, sustainability, and environmental neglect. My mission is to build tools, systems, and stories that make us more aware, more connected, and more responsible for the planet we share.

Because progress means nothing if it doesn’t serve people, and the future means nothing if it can’t sustain life.