Summary
I was originally born in Daytona Beach Florida, but I don’t remember much from my time there as my family moved away when I was still very young. This was the first in a long line of moves I would later go on to do, starting with Michigan, then Virginia, back to Florida, then Maryland, back to Virginia again, and then finally New York which is where I currently live. Most people think moving around that much is a bad thing, but I never viewed it this way. I looked at it as a way to see new places and meet all kinds of people and actually started looking forward to moving. I also look back at how moving so much grew some very useful skills of mine like flexibility and adaptability. Aside from having moved around, some hobbies I picked up along the way include a love for Soccer, Bouldering, computer building, cooking, sports in general, programming, Homelabbing, and gaming to name a few. It was these hobbies and interests that shaped my path forward and ultimately led me to pursue a degree in Computer Science, as from an early age I’ve been fascinated with computers and how they work. My goal moving forward is to take the degree I’ve earned and use it to contribute to a software project in a meaningful way. I love problem solving and look forward to seeing how I can use the skills I’ve learned to solve complex problems.
Interests/ Hobbies
Soccer
I played soccer for about 12 years before stopping my senior year of high school after covid hit. Even though I no longer play I still like catching a BPL game every now and again. (The teams I root for are D.C United for MLS and Manchester United for BPL)
Pickleball
Only recently got into this sport, I enjoy playing casually with my friends when I get the chance.
Bouldering
Been bouldering consistently for nearly 3 years now and absolutely love it. Bouldering is essentially rock climbing without a rope on shorter routes. I like to go to the gym around 3 times a week if I'm able. (If you're curious my current record for grade is V7 but difficulty depends a lot on setters.)
Health/ Fitness
If you couldn't tell by the amount of sports I have for hobbies I'm really into my health and fitness. Eating right and exercise are an easy cheat code to a happy life.
Cooking
I've recently gotten into cooking. Honestly it kind of feels like programming sometimes, taking tools and ingredients and making something amazing from nothing.
Homelab
I set up a home server using proxmox and TrueNAS a while ago and absolutely love it. There is just something about owning my own data and not needing to rely on the cloud for everything.
Travel
Seeing new places and experiencing new things is the best. To date I've been to most states on the east coast, Texas, California, Bermuda, Puerto Rico, Puerto Vallarta Mexico, and Japan.
My History
2001
I was originally born in Daytona beach Florida where I spent the first few years of my life. I don't remember too much from that time, only hiding in my nursery with a dresser in front of the window as hurricane Charley beat down on us. From here started a long series of moves up and down the east coast.
2004
The first destination was Michigan were we lived in Roscommon for a few years, this is where I started preschool.
2007
Moved to Fairfax, Virginia, where I learned how to swim and started kindergarten.
2008
Moved back to Florida, this time living on Merritt Island the space coast. I remember watching shuttle launches from my driveway with my friends.
2011
Moved to Annapolis, Maryland where I started fourth grade. Lived here for a while getting to finish elementary and middle school before moving my Junior year of high school.
2013
Got my family dog Bella!
2018
Moved to Virginia Beach, Virginia.
2020
Graduated from Landstown High School in Virginia Beach before moving to Albany, New York during the summer. Later that fall I got to start my college career at Rochester Institute of Technology.
2022
Got my first internship as a App developer building a Haiku messaging app for a company out in Seattle.
2023
Started my internship with MKS Instruments, working mostly with Visual Basic and .NET to build Dynamic Link Librarys.
2024
Started my internship with Precision Optical Technologies, working on multiple different pieces of software for the company from Django to firmware for the company tuning boxes.
2024
Went on a trip to Japan!
2025
Graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology with my degree in Computer Science.
