My Story

I have always had to figure things out. The flyer here is proof of that. I was in 6th grade when I made it, knocked on doors in my neighborhood, and charged $6 per 30 minutes to walk dogs. Nobody told me to do it. I just saw an opportunity and went after it.

That instinct followed me into music. I played six instruments growing up and what kept me coming back was not talent, it was the process of a group of people getting better together. In Marching Band at Lake Mary High School I showed up early before every practice to set up tents, manage equipment, distribute water, and load gear for off campus events. I liked being the person who made sure everything was ready so everyone else could focus on doing their best work. We were a team and we all cared how we sounded collectively.

That same year I was carrying first chair tuba in Wind Ensemble, bass trombone in Jazz Band, and four AP classes at the same time. I have ADHD and dyslexia and had been told in different ways that certain things would be harder for me. On a physics exam with bonus challenge questions only two students got them right. One was the valedictorian. I was the other one.

At UCF I studied four straight days for a Calculus final. I walked out thinking a 74% was just okay. My professor tracked me down after the semester to tell me I had scored the highest in the entire class. I stopped putting a ceiling on myself after that.

Since then I have ranked #2 out of 2,000+ agents at Apple Support, led a cybersecurity project as Project Manager at UCF, deployed a live web application, and spent the last two years serving the Kissimmee community at Mullinax Ford.

The header on this site says it all. Builder. Problem Solver. Always Leveling Up. That is not a tagline. That is just how I operate.