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.