It all started when I locked my mom out of her IBM laptop when I was 6 years old. The amusement I got from doing this was a small domino that eventually led to me building my own computers to play games, to actively taking the time to learn about and write software. I remember my first class was an AP Computer Science class at my high school. It was not a very good class, but the people in it made it fun.

I began to take programming more seriously when I took an intro to programming class at Clark College with this eccentric professor of mine. He was fantastic and really cemented my interest in the field. I remember staying up all night until 6 or 7 AM finishing my final project with my best friend who was also in the class with me. It was a local multiplayer poker game and the professor gave us one of the highest scores, which I believe part of it was because of seeing our relentless dedication to his course, which could only be expressed by our zombie-like appearance during our presentation due to the lack of sleep.

I went to Pullman my first year out of high school and learned absolutely nothing, for obvious reasons. I did manage to become one of the founding fathers of ΔΚΕ at WSU right before I left, so that was pretty cool. I soon transferred back and got my AA degree at Clark College and transferred to WSU Vancouver to focus on academics.

This couldn't have happened at a worse time though because 3 months later, lockdowns began. COVID really screwed with me, I'm not gonna lie. It was a very weird time, but by 2022 I locked in and kept doing well in my classes up until graduation. I had some really amazing professors at the WSU Vancouver Computer Science department that gave me the foundation and technical aptitude to do anything I put my mind to. I was a campus reporter during this time so that was pretty fun. I work as a software tester on a variety of projects and applications now.

Outside of school and work, I enjoy dabbling in the arts. All of them.

You can read my work here