{"id":9,"date":"2026-05-14T21:21:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T21:21:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/santideicas.com\/about\/"},"modified":"2026-09-15T16:55:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T16:55:12","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/santideicas.com\/es\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>\n.about-hero h1{font-size:clamp(18px,2.5vw,28px)!important;line-height:1.4!important}<\/p>\n<p>\/* Headshot column \u2014 flush with text, no offset *\/\n.about-story .about-columns{align-items:stretch!important;gap:64px!important}\n.about-story .about-columns>.wp-block-column:first-child{flex:1 1 60%!important;margin:0!important;padding:0!important}\n.about-story .about-columns .about-photo{flex:0 0 32%!important;max-width:32%!important;margin:0!important;padding:0!important}\n.about-photo>figure{height:100%!important;margin:0!important;padding:0!important;display:block}\n.about-headshot-img{width:100%!important;height:100%!important;border-radius:4px!important;display:block!important;object-fit:cover!important;object-position:center center!important}<\/p>\n<p>\/* Servette photos \u2014 full width, centered *\/\n.about-photos-section{padding:0 0 80px!important}\n.about-photos-section .wp-block-group__inner-container{max-width:100%!important;padding-left:48px!important;padding-right:48px!important;box-sizing:border-box!important}\n.about-photo-columns{gap:20px!important;margin:0!important;width:100%!important}\n.about-photo-frame{margin:0!important;overflow:hidden;border-radius:4px}\n.about-photo-frame img{width:100%;height:544px;object-fit:cover;display:block}\n.about-photo-frame figcaption{font-size:11px;letter-spacing:.12em;text-transform:uppercase;color:var(--color-muted);margin-top:10px}<\/p>\n<p>\/* Mobile *\/\n@media(max-width:768px){\n  .about-story .about-columns .about-photo{flex:1 1 100%!important;max-width:100%!important}\n  .about-headshot-img{height:420px!important}\n  .about-photos-section .wp-block-group__inner-container{padding-left:20px!important;padding-right:20px!important}\n  .about-photo-columns>.wp-block-column{display:flex!important;justify-content:center!important}\n  .about-photo-frame{width:100%!important;max-width:480px!important;margin:0 auto!important}\n  .about-photo-frame img{height:300px}\n}\n<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group about-hero\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"section-tag\">About<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">We ask athletes to make good decisions under pressure before their brain is fully equipped to do so. Then we blame them when they go off track. That is not a character problem. The distance between an athlete&#8217;s potential and their actual path is almost never a talent problem. It is an environment and tools problem.<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group about-story\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns about-columns is-layout-flex wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The long way around<\/h2>\n<p>I played and coached football across Argentina, Ireland, and Switzerland. In the 2025-2026 season I was part of the technical staff at Servette Ch&ecirc;nois F&eacute;minin in Geneva, working as interpreter and assistant to the head coach. We won both the Swiss Cup and the League. I saw at close range what it costs when the person behind the performance is not taken care of, and what it looks like when they are.<\/p>\n<p>Before that, I spent a season at Scoil &Eacute;anna in Cork, a primary school for children with mild mixed disabilities. I designed and ran a basketball programme for children with ASD, Down syndrome, and learning disabilities. By the end, two teams competed in an inter-school tournament. The competitive team won all three matches. A nine-year-old girl named Kate, who had never touched a basketball before January, told me afterward she had joined a training club.<\/p>\n<p>That is when I understood what this kind of work can do.<\/p>\n<p>I am at an early stage of that career, and I am deliberate about saying so. I combine ongoing self-directed research &#8212; in positive psychology, neuroscience, habit formation, and human performance &#8212; with hands-on work in sport and education. My goal is to work with coaches, athletes, and young sportspeople who are genuinely interested in progressing in their sport and in their lives. Not waiting until I have more credentials. Building through the doing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-column about-photo is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/santideicas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Santiago-Cork-City-FC.jpg\" alt=\"Santiago Dei Cas\" class=\"about-headshot-img\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group about-photos-section\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns about-photo-columns is-layout-flex wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"about-photo-frame\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/santideicas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Servette-FCCF-coupe.jpg\" alt=\"Servette Ch\u00eanois F\u00e9minin technical staff celebrating the Swiss Cup 2025-26\" \/><figcaption>Servette Ch&ecirc;nois F&eacute;minin &middot; Swiss Cup, 2025-26<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"about-photo-frame\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/santideicas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Servette-FCCF.jpg\" alt=\"Servette Ch\u00eanois F\u00e9minin celebrating the league title 2025-26\" \/><figcaption>Servette Ch&ecirc;nois F&eacute;minin &middot; League title, 2025-26<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group credentials-section\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"section-tag\">Credentials<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What I bring to the work<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns credentials-columns is-layout-flex wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Education<\/h3>\n<p>Bachelor of Business in Recreation and Sport Management &#8212; SETU Waterford, Distinction (2025)<\/p>\n<p>Higher Diploma in Applied Social Science &#8212; University College Cork, 1st Class Honours (2026)<\/p>\n<p>CELTA &#8212; University of Cambridge (2021)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Experience<\/h3>\n<p>Interpreter and Assistant to Head Coach &#8212; Servette Ch&ecirc;nois F&eacute;minin, Switzerland (2025-2026). Swiss Cup and League winners.<\/p>\n<p>Special Needs Assistant and Sport Facilitator &#8212; Scoil &Eacute;anna, Cork (2025)<\/p>\n<p>Performance and Video Analyst &#8212; Cork City Women&#8217;s FC (2025)<\/p>\n<p>Swimming Teacher &#8212; Red Whale Geneva, Turtle Tots Waterford (2023-2026)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research &amp; Reading<\/h3>\n<p>Self-directed synthesis in: positive psychology (PERMA), dopamine regulation and habit formation, wearable technology in human performance, AI ethics in sport, youth mental health and belonging.<\/p>\n<p>Key references: Jonathan Haidt (<em>The Anxious Generation<\/em>), Mo Gawdat (<em>Scary Smart<\/em>), Robert Lustig (dopamine and the reward system), Alan Watts (<em>The Wisdom of Insecurity<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They Want to Play as Well&#8221; &#8212; policy analysis of sport participation for children with ASD and intellectual disabilities in Ireland (UCC, 2026)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group approach-section\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"section-tag\">How I work<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research-informed. Honest about what I know and what I am still learning.<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns approach-columns is-layout-flex wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">From the inside<\/h3>\n<p>I have worked inside professional sport, not just studied it. I know what the environment costs people who are not prepared for it, and what it looks like when someone has the right tools at the right time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research-informed<\/h3>\n<p>My practice draws on applied and academic work in positive psychology, mental performance, habit formation, and the neuroscience of the reward system. I translate research &#8212; from sport science, behavioural psychology, and nutrition &#8212; into tools that work in real environments, with real people under real pressure.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who I work with<\/h3>\n<p>I am a developing practitioner and researcher, building this career deliberately from the ground up. The free 30-minute call is not a sales step. It is where I find out if there is genuine interest and alignment. I only work with people where I see that &#8212; people who want to progress in their sport and in their lives. Because the people who commit to this work do not just improve themselves. They change how they see things, and that reaches everyone around them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About We ask athletes to make good decisions under pressure before their brain is fully equipped to do so. 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