The Maker

I'm Angel, my family calls me Lito, which is where the shop name comes from. I've been around woodshops since high school, spent some years in the Marine Corps, and built a long career in tech and cybersecurity. Wood got set aside for a long time, but it was always where I thought I'd end up.

I started this shop during one of the harder chapters of my life, the kind where you look around and don't recognize anything that used to define you. I needed something to build. My first project was a chopstick set for my son, a chef who was far away and who I missed. I didn't have the right tools. I figured it out anyway.

He uses them at home in his kitchen. That's enough for me.

It's not the shop I envisioned. But it's mine, and it's my garage. Every piece I make ends up in someone's home, part of someone's life. That means something to me.