Gerardo works in the Business Services Sector leading Luxia Labs. A professional architect, with a background in entrepreneurship, Gerardo runs one of the fastest growing architecture firms in the Dominican Republic, specializing in real-estate development. Luxia Labs offers services in architectural and technical design to real-estate developers. The company’s architectural designs incorporate an understanding for the business of real-estate development with a consideration for the effect it has on the families living within its projects. Gerardo prides the uniqueness of Luxia Labs on the combination of a strong design philosophy—to better the lives of the people living in its projects—with a solid understanding of how the business of real estate works. Coming to the YLAI Fellowship, Gerardo’s top business challenge is operations.