Alex Ricardo Martinez Perez
My Second Chanceat Life
The story of how a brain tumor changed my life, and what I did with the life I got back.
Read the beginning →The beginning
In an instant, everything changed.
In 2016, an eye exam found a brain tumor. I spent twelve days in the hospital, went through four surgeries, and spent the next year rebuilding my body and learning how to walk normally again.
“Why the fuck would my life be over now? I was 26. I had not done anything.”Read my story →
Then something in me woke up.
- 01BeforeA life I did not yet know I needed to change.
- 02The diagnosisAn eye exam, an MRI, and the words “brain tumor.”
- 03RecoveryFour surgeries, a walker, and a year of rebuilding.
- 04AfterPuerto Rico, independent work, and the road.
Puerto Rico · 2017–2020
The first chapter after.
I moved back because I wanted my life to mean something. I lived in Old San Juan for three years—probably the best three years of my life—and rebuilt my identity there.
Explore Puerto Rico →The road
Chapters from the journey.
I do not collect destinations. I live in them. I work, buy groceries, stay home, and build a routine long enough for a place to become part of my life.
Explore the road →Work that travels
Building something that moves with me.
I learned e-commerce through trial and error in Puerto Rico. Over time, that work became SellerPilot—the way I can keep a normal workday from wherever I am living.
The work behind the life →