My Story
From Curious Kid to Creative Builder
My personal mission is to create things that genuinely improve people's lives. I believe in building with purpose and empathy, whether that's a digital tool, a thoughtful conversation, a new way of teaching, or a beautiful design.
I've always believed that everything can be improved, and I've spent my life following that belief. As a kid, I shadowed handymen and disassembled toys, not to break them, but to understand how they worked. That curiosity turned into creation when I built my first program with my dad in seventh grade. I didn't just find a hobby, I found a language: creation.
Through high school, I kept building: apps, teams, and ideas. Whether it was winning a state esports title or designing a pedestrian safety app called Pedi that won a UDOT competition, I was always chasing how to make things better, more beautiful, more useful, more human. That esports run turned into more than a trophy, one argument about which Rocket League tournament cup was actually worth opening became a full statistical breakdown, because I couldn't just have an opinion, I had to prove it.
My two-year mission in Manchester, England deepened that drive. There, I learned how to lead with love, communicate with compassion, and lift others by listening. Those experiences rewired how I view progress, not just as a technical challenge, but as a spiritual, emotional, and communal one too.
Today, I'm a Computer Science student at BYU, with minors in Design Thinking and Information Systems. I use code, creativity, and compassion to build tools that teach, inspire, and uplift. I'm still that curious kid, just with bigger tools and a broader mission: to create things that outlast me, and to help others do the same.
