About Me

Lifelong learning

I grew up in Haverford PA, where my world revolved around reading books, writing stories and spending time with horses. I fell in love with learning Latin in middle school, and in college I dedicated myself to the study of Japanese, which intrigued me even more with its grammatical intricacies and complex characters.

Fascinated by East Asian culture and my new ability to communicate with others in their own native language, I taught myself traditional Chinese and spent a year in Taiwan before returning to pursue an M.A. in Asian Studies at Georgetown University.

Exploration

Following this period of rigorous academic study, I decided to pivot back toward my passion for education and horses, and began teaching therapeutic horseback riding lessons for people with special needs. Shortly after I began finding ways to apply my technical and organizational skills to the administrative side of these non-profit programs as well. Meanwhile, I continued to develop my cross-cultural communication skills while tutoring English online to adult second language learners.

In 2022, seeking more opportunities to grow personally while learning more about the experiences of others, I embarked on a cross-country trip with my partner and our five pets. For an entire year, I explored Arizona, Washington, British Columbia and North Carolina, living and working in these areas while enjoying epic mountain biking adventures in the wilderness.

Transitioning into tech

After seeing the impact of my work on an individual level, I was craving a way to make an impact on the communities I cared about on an even larger scale. With an aptitude for technology and some experience with coding, I made the decision to pivot towards the tech industry, eager to build skills in software development and learn how to create applications and work on meaningful projects.

I found that just like learning Japanese and Chinese, picking up new programming languages came naturally to me, and the more I learned, the more empowered I felt to hone my skills and create the kinds of programs I wanted to see in the world. Learning to code has allowed me to unleash my creativy in a new and meaningful way, and has been a natural progression in my journey of personal development. I am thrilled to now be applying the tools I've learned to create my own applications, and to contribute to the important and exciting work of others.