# My First Publication

**Published by:** [André Guardia](https://paragraph.com/@andr-guardia/)
**Published on:** 2022-07-04
**URL:** https://paragraph.com/@andr-guardia/my-first-publication

## Content

Hi Mirror.xyz community. My name is André, an upcoming senior majoring in Physics at Illinois Tech, Chicago. I’m tremendously passionate about scalable technologies that give power back to users, and aspire to be a web3 VC one day. Here’s a snapshot of my journey so far:Started as a Venture Associate @Kaplan Institute, Illinois Tech (May 2021)Created the first-ever Venture Capital Immersion Program in the history of Illinois Tech, Genisys ProgramMinted my first NFT (November 2021)Was selected as a GenZScout (January-May 2022)Venture Fellow @Republic (March - July 2022)Created a thesis on the investment potential of DeFi in Latin AmericaBlueprint Investor Track @DormRoomFund (June 2022 - Present)I’m currently a Venture Analyst Intern @Decasonic (June 2022 - Present), where I am intensely learning about DAOs, DeFi, and incubating two concepts for web3 projects.I’m looking forward to becoming a full-time web3 VC Analyst by the time I graduate college, so I will be using this mirror account to post my learnings and updates! That’s about it A

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