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FILE: bio_timeline.txt
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LAST_UPDATED_LOCAL: 2026-03-07 America/New_York
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SCOPE: Public-facing biographical timeline for Peter Arango, also known as Pete Rango.
UPDATE_POLICY: Update when major life milestones, career phases, organizations, or public projects need to be added or revised.

OVERVIEW
This file provides a chronological overview of Peter Arango's background, creative development, professional work, and major public-facing projects. It is intended for biography, timeline, and background questions.

TIMELINE
- 1989: Born in Bogota, Colombia.
- 2000: Moved to the United States at age 11, bringing a Colombian-born and bicultural perspective that continues to inform his creative work.
- Early years: Developed a foundation in music, sound, and creative practice that would later expand into engineering, production, and broader cultural work.
- 2010s: Built experience across music production, audio engineering, live sound, AV work, and creative direction.
- 2018: Public-facing credit activity includes work connected to Christmas Eve and a soundtrack-related credit connected to Insecure.
- 2019: Featured in VoyageMIA, discussing his background, creative path, collaborations, and independent journey.
- Late 2010s to early 2020s: Expanded beyond studio music work into artist development, film and AV sound, visual and documentary collaboration, and multidisciplinary creative direction.
- Early 2020s: Continued developing a body of work that connects sound, story, identity, and culture across music, media, and community-facing projects.
- 2023: Life Is Valuable Corp was established as a 501(c)(3), marking a major expansion of his work into nonprofit leadership, mentorship, and community-based creative education.
- 2020s: Public-facing work spans music production, engineering, film and AV production, educational programming, creative technology, and culture-centered project building.
- 2020s: Organizational and ecosystem affiliations across this period include XUE Records, Life Is Valuable Corp, Dead Set FC, Campfire Music Foundation, MusicNerd, and Eternal Garden / Eternal Music.
- 2025-2026: Public-facing work includes documentary-related visibility around Big Scouse and continued activity across music, technology, and cultural storytelling.

KEY THEMES
- Colombian-born, bicultural creative perspective
- Music as the foundation for broader creative, cultural, and community work
- Ongoing crossover between sound, story, identity, and systems-building
- Work that bridges studio practice, live production, education, and infrastructure-building
- Strong interest in mentorship, community-centered development, and new creative tools

SELECTED PUBLIC MILESTONES
- Founder of XUE Records
- Founder of Life Is Valuable Corp
- Co-Founder of Dead Set FC
- Work spanning music production, engineering, film and AV sound, and creative direction
- Involvement in music-tech, AI, research, and community development work connected to MusicNerd and Eternal Garden
- Advisory and ecosystem-related involvement connected to Campfire Music Foundation

RETRIEVAL NOTES
- Use this file for biography and timeline questions.
- Use identity.txt for a concise identity summary.
- Use orgs_projects.txt for deeper detail on organizations and initiatives.
- Use film_tv_av_credits.txt, music_credits_engineering.txt, and tech_ai_roles.txt for role-specific history.

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