Miguel Ángel Garrido, was born and raised in Madrid, Spain — and remains a proud Madrileño at heart. He studied Statistics in the UK and the US, earning his master’s degree from the University of Cambridge and his PhD from Columbia University. Throughout his career, Miguel has been driven by a simple question: What happens when data meets creativity? A passionate believer in the power of both numbers and narrative, he has explored this intersection through teaching, storytelling, theatre, and even woodworking. In 2021, he received Columbia University’s Presidential Award for Outstanding Teaching for his efforts to make Data Science more accessible, playful, and human — often weaving ideas from the humanities and pop culture into his lectures. Today, he works as a Data Scientist at Google and lives in Brooklyn. (Teacher International Writing Course 2025).