Fundamentally, I am deeply curious human. I try my best to live with intention. I value self-improvement, both at home and in my professional life.

"The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts." Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

Professionally, I'm a Senior UX researcher. My background is in leadership, employee development, and customer success. The skills learned there naturally carry over to the UX work that I do. Both in empathy and in strategy.

"It is not often that a man can make opportunities for himself. But he can put himself in such shape that when or if opportunities come, he is ready." Theodore Rosevelt

At home, I'm a happy camper. I have so much gratitude for the many people in my life that have helped me accomplish things I thought were beyond my reach. I still have many goals that I am working towards, but I don’t let those stop me from enjoying today.

"The older I grow, the more I am convinced that there is no education which one can get from books and costly apparatus that is equal to that which can be gotten from contact with great men and women." Booker T. Washington