Juan Monarrez-Gonzalez

About Me

I'm a Computer Science student at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, with a passion for cybersecurity, working toward a career in offensive security. Most of my time outside class goes into breaking into vulnerable machines, focusing on enumeration, web exploitation, and privilege escalation, then turning each one into a writeup I share publicly.

This fall I'll join Cybersecurity UW as CTF Lead, where I'll help create CTF challenges and host them during club meetings, and help lead certification study groups for students pursuing industry certifications.

Day-to-day, I practice on Hack The Box while working toward the HTB CPTS. I hold the Security+, CySA+, and GFACT certifications, and compete regularly in CTFs, most recently placing 7th at UW-Stout's Cyber CTF.

In my free time, I repair electronics for fun: deep cleaning devices, diagnosing faults, finding the root cause, and doing board-level soldering work like HDMI port replacements.