The mouse was gone. The computer wasn’t.

I am so happy to have been born at the cusp of personal access to computers. I remember when our little elementary school extended their computer lab to allow full classes. I was in the first grade. All of a sudden I became the computer maven at home, taking the AOL CD-ROMs for my own web browsing, and learning how to use the computer without peripherals (don’t tell my parents, they thought they could ground me by taking the mouse away from the computer). Soon after, I was modding video games for myself and my little brother.

My journey into software development began in middle school when I created my first styles for my own Xanga profile. Soon after, I was regularly contributing my knowledge and collaborating on forums to design styles for my friends on Xanga and later MySpace.

Since then, I’ve enrolled in every Computer Science course offered at my high school, learning programming, telecommunications, web hosting fundamentals. After graduating, I pursued a Computer Science degree at the University of Texas at Arlington while gaining hands-on experience as a QA specialist, intern, and later a developer in the industry. I’ve never looked back.

My goal is to assist others in expressing themselves and their business processes in the digital realm, much like a translator facilitates communication in a different language.

I thrive in collaborative environments that consistently deliver solutions and improvements, and I’m equally capable of working independently after talking through a proposed approach. Learning is still the engine. I want to keep a positive, curious seat at the table, and a strong desire for growth.