Santiago comes from a Spanish / Mexican background. With his family divided between both countries, he grew up living in Mexico City but would spend summers with his family in Madrid. Eventually, he loved Madrid so much that he decided to move and reconnect with his native country.

From a very young age, Santiago was amazed by the richness of these intertwined cultures and learned so much about them through his grandmother, a history teacher. In no time, he finished his degree in architecture, with an emphasis on history, and decided to begin his journey to become a teacher and a guide.

Santiago has been working as a private guide for the past 6 years and loves to share his passion for Madrid through the lens of Architecture, which they say, "is the incorruptible witness of History".