about me

My name is Cecil O. Almonte. I was born on Wednesday, 26^th of June, 1985 at San Juan, Puerto Rico. I have always liked arts. I went to art school for the first time when I was 12 years old. When I was 14, I was accepted into CABA (also known as COPANI) in Aguadilla, PR where I studied Visual Arts for my four years of high school. After that, I was accepted into University of Puerto Rico and mayored in Fine Arts (paining). That was the year that I decided to learn HTML and started freelancing as a web developer & graphic designer. I bought my first domain name (cecilomar.com) on the 26^th of March, 2006.

By the end of 2007, I was offered a job as a web developer at Gauss Research Laboratory, Inc. This is the company that owns the .PR domain name. While I was there I learned a lot about how the Internet works.

In May 30^th, 2009 I got married to Asdrymarie Pacheco.

In January, 2010 I joined the United States Coast Guard. After bootcamp I was sent to Boston, MA and assigned to USCGC Seneca (WMEC-906). There, I developed an external blog, helped develop an internal website, was part of the Snoopy Team (Official Photographer) and I was also one of the official Spanish translators onboard.

In January, 2012 I was assigned to the USCGC Tahoma (WMEC-908) off Portsmouth, NH where I currently am.

Knowledge

Web Coding: Html, CSS, Javascript, PHP, MySql.
Graphic Design: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Flash (now dead).
Languages: Spanish, English, some Italian.
Visual Arts: Graphite, Charcoal, Ink, etc Drawing, Watercolor Painting, Acrylic Painting.
Music: Guitar, any Percussion Instrument.

Goals

Learn how to make Web Pages: Done
Back in 2003, my sister told me that she took an HTML class at college. That triggered my interest to learn. Shortly after learning it, I started to read about Javascript, CSS, and then PHP. Around six months later I got my first shared webhosting.
Join the Military: Done
Since I was a child, I wanted to join the military. Back then, I wanted to join the United States Air Force, but I didn't. I decided to study fine arts. In 2008, I decided to join the Coast Guard after watching an HH-65 Dolphin helicopter flying-by. That day I was at my favorite beach which is near USCG Air Station Borinquen in Aguadilla, PR.
Become an Avionics Electrical Technitian (AET): On it!
Become better at Mathematics: On it!