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My first true experience with engineering happened by chance in sixth grade after stumbling upon TI-BASIC, a BASIC-like language built into Texas Instruments graphing calculators. Scripting and automating through early education math classes helped show how much could be done with a text editor and a wiki.

In 2018, during my senior year of high school, I had the opportunity to take part in an online computer science class being offered by the Gaston County Public School System. This was my first experience with computer science as a topic, and by the end of the fully-remote course, I felt confident enough to pursue a major and a career. After two years of in-person classes and two years of COVID remote/hybrid classes, I graduated with a B.S. in Computer Science from NC State University.

These days (inside the tech silo at least), I enjoy practicing and reading about DevOps best practices, cloud native engineering, and homelab design and development. Away from the work machine, I like to spend time reading, watching new shows and movies, running, and playing team sports like basketball, volleyball, and racquet sports.