My passion for astronomy started as a child gazing at the stars, but it was here in San Pedro de Atacama where everything made sense.
The desert has that magic: it strips away the superficial and confronts you with what matters. Under this sky, the cleanest on the planet, I understood my purpose was to be a bridge between the cosmos and people.
I don't use telescopes just to magnify the sky — I use them to magnify the awareness that we are stardust contemplating itself.
Every night, when someone sees Saturn's rings or a galaxy millions of light-years away for the first time, I see in their eyes the same wonder that transformed me.
