Born and raised on a small farm in Kansas, I grabbed a degree in Chemical Engineering and a 3rd degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do on my way out of the Mid-West. I made it to California, where I upgraded to a 5th degree black belt and wrote a book. Writing words wasn't quite doing it for me, so I decided to write code. I graduated from App Academy as a Full Stack Software Engineer, and I worked as a software engineer in Idaho for In Time Tec for two years. I know live back in California where I continue to work and study in data science.
I love creating stories and solving problems, it's what drew me to both Engineering and writing. One of my favorite leadership books is The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni, I do my best to be conscious of how social and team dynamics make us feel and affect how we work.