Born and raised in the SF Bay Area, Gerardo composes original orchestral music and has worked with video game companies as a music producer and as a sound designer. At the age of 16, Gerardo began teaching music and writing for his local middle school as an indoor drumline instructor and continued to teach and write for drumlines throughout the SF Bay Area for 10 years. After graduating from Sacramento State University with a bachelors in Government, Gerardo pursued his passion for music and received his Master in Fine Arts from The Academy of Art in Music Production and Sound Design. He is excited to take what he has learned through his life and inspire future musicians, artist and composers.