Fernando studied a Master's Degree in Computer Science at the Tecnológico de Monterrey Campus Guadalajara. His interests are in the area of home automation, smart devices and ubiquitous computing. He obtained his bachelor's degree in Mechatronics Engineering at the Tecnológico de Monterrey with the Excellence Performance Award-EGEL from the National Evaluation Center for Higher Education, A.C. (CENEVAL). He had previously already obtained a state award for his performance in the Knowledge Olympiad contest, for which he received a scholarship and recognition from the then president of the republic.
During the second half of his undergraduate studies he was the logistics coordinator for the International Mechatronics Congress, Sinergia. He has worked on a number of projects within and outside of academia, having won prizes in mechatronics competitions such as the Design Challenge 2009. He completed professional internships at both ENERI and Continental Automotive Services, gaining experience in the areas of embedded systems, software development, software and test automation.
In 2013 he was selected as a participant for Mitacs Globalink, through which he carried out a research stay at UBC (University of British Columbia), in Canada. He collaborated for a summer with the CARIS laboratory (Collaborative Advanced Robotics and Intelligent Systems Laboratory) directed by Dr. Elizabeth Croft, under the tutelage of then-PhD students AJung Moon and Matthew Pan, working in the area of human-robot interaction. and robotics.