When I first came to UW, I originally wanted to become a history teacher. I had a passion for education, and I saw my grandma teach for over 40 years and make a huge impact on my local community.

However, once I got to UW, I realized that while I had a unique passion for history, it wasn't the best way to make the impact I wanted. At the same time, I took my first programming course and realized how much I loved the creative problem-solving involved and the intensity needed to write high-quality, usable code.

I felt that was the path for me, and I could use that skill set to connect with my passion for education and learning to make software that could change the world through education.

After intense reflection in late 2023, I finally realized that I didn't want to continue getting my history degree. I decided to get into programming because I had always been interested in it.

Between March 2024 and February 2025, I focused entirely on school to maximize my grades and get into the Allen School. At the same time, I was working on personal projects including a save game analyzer for a gaming community I had been in for many years.

In February 2025, I got into the Allen School, a year and two months after deciding to switch from history to computer science.

Over the next few years, I want to improve my software engineering capabilities and skills, getting into more high-level roles at edtech startups, helping them grow and providing value through my unique insights and abilities.

If you're someone who cares about creative problem-solving and finding unique solutions to unsolved problems, you'll probably enjoy building with me.