The Architecture of a Legacy To my children, At 65, I find myself looking back at a journey that moved from the hospital wards of Havana to the research labs of New York, and finally to the servers where I write code today. I want you to understand that while I changed my tools, I never changed my mission. The Detective’s Eye (Havana) It started with your grandfather. At the Hospital Militar Finlay , he wasn't just a doctor; he was a detective. He taught me that every "outbreak"—whether it was a single cook getting sick from tasting raw pork or a soldier sharing a cigarette—had a hidden cause. He taught me to look for the pattern . The Bridge-Builder (The Linker Arm) When I became a chemist, I applied that "detective" logic to molecules. In the 80s, we were trying to find leprosy before it destroyed lives. I realized that to see the bacteria, we needed a "bridge"—a linker arm —to show the immune system what to look for. That same "linker" ...