About MSL33
The
Mind
Behind
the Work
On this page
01The Formation
The Formation
The Spaces
The Practice
The Philosophy
Where the
Body Meets
the Blueprint
I hold a Master of Science in Professional Writing from New York University and a BFA in Theatre and Performance from the University of Texas at El Paso, two disciplines that, on the surface, seem distant from each other, but have always informed the same impulse: to understand how humans make meaning, and how that meaning can be shaped into form.
Theatre taught me that the body knows before the mind articulates. Professional writing gave me the architecture to translate what the body knows into systems others can navigate. That synthesis is the foundation of everything I build.
Graduate Degree
M.S. Professional Writing
New York University School of Professional Studies
Narrative strategy, multimodal communication, information architecture.
02The Spaces
Built From
the Ground Up
Some of my most formative work happened not on a screen but inside physical environments I designed and operated from the ground up.
El Paso, Texas
The Portal Fine Arts Gallery
A fine arts and immersive sound space, a living laboratory exploring how sound, light, language, and spatial design shift cognition and emotion.
"The most powerful design happens at the threshold between intellect and sensation."
— Mandy Shantyne Lopez
Both spaces taught me something no academic program could: that environments speak their own language, and that the designer's real task is to make that language legible, felt before it is named.
03The Practice
Work That
Crosses Borders
My professional path spans the United States, Mexico, and Europe, encompassing podcast development, sonic storytelling, cultural programming, international audio production, and authored works that examine identity, perception, and transformation through interdisciplinary lenses.
Through my consultancy and research practice, I engage in selective collaborations focused on human-centered design, creative intelligence, and cultural systems development.
* Narrative and information architecture
* Scriptwriting, editorial development,
and media production
* Sound-based and sensory experience design
* Cultural artifact and symbolic systems development
04The Philosophy
Intelligence
Is Auric
At the core of everything is a commitment to clarity, coherence, and resonance. I view storytelling not as ornamentation but as infrastructure, a means of organizing meaning, shaping perception, and guiding responsible innovation across creative and technological domains.
Intelligence, as I practice it, is not purely cognitive. It is somatic, symbolic, and relational. The work is always asking: what does this feel like to move through? What does it leave behind?
The future of creativity, as I see it, is neither purely human nor purely machine. It is somatic, relational, and conscious, a synthesis of body, mind, and awareness that produces work radiant, grounded, and awake.
"I build the unseen. I write what hasn't been told. I design what people feel before they can articulate it into words."
~ MSL33
My work sits at the synthesis of creative systems architecture, multimodal storytelling, and metaphysical intelligence, designing frameworks where narrative, perception, and technology converge to produce experiences that are both structurally rigorous and deeply felt.
Undergraduate Degree
B.F.A. Theatre & Performance
University of Texas at El Paso
Embodied knowledge, presence, storytelling as a live and spatial practice.
New Mexico
Aura Aromatherapy
A sensory wellness boutique examining how scent, environment, and intentional design support presence, transformation, and embodied intelligence.
* Creative direction and story systems design
* Aura Intelligence research and AI narrative frameworks
* Course and curriculum development grounded in mind-body integration
*UX design and human-centered digital experience
