Childhood
Magas Arriba, Guayanilla
Raised between my mother's home and weekends and summers at my grandmother's house, with cousins growing up in the same yard.
Puerto Rico → Japan
About Harry
My life makes more sense as a route than a résumé. Each stop changed the systems I trusted and the kind of freedom I wanted to build.
01
A late explanation
I went through childhood, school, the Army, research, and much of adult life without knowing I was autistic. Being diagnosed as an adult did not rewrite the past, but it gave many struggles—and many strengths—a coherent explanation.
Diagnosis / AdultRecord / PersonalVisibility / Public
2008–2016
United States Army Reserve
Information Systems Operator-Analyst. The work taught discipline, persistence, and confidence in an autistic mind that had not yet been diagnosed.
2009–2010
Iraq
Deployed near the Kuwait border, managing information systems and supporting intelligence operations at Camp Bucca.
University
Puerto Rico
Earned a B.S. in Microbiology with a minor in Mathematics, then began doctoral work in Biomedical Sciences at Ponce Health Sciences University.
2018
Puerto Rico → Japan
Moved after Hurricane María deepened Puerto Rico's instability. The goal was not a temporary adventure; it was safety, education, and a more comfortable life for the family.
Japan
SOKENDAI
Completed a Ph.D. in Genetics with a Biomedical Sciences focus while working and raising children.
Now
Japan
Preparing to leave a university teaching role and live from several independent income sources while building the Jivaro network.
Operating principles
What stays constant
Think critically. Protect the family. Keep trying when the situation looks lost. Build more than one way forward. Let experience inform an opinion, but do not confuse it with proof.