Illinois roots,
Arizona runway.

The short version

I'm pursuing a B.S. in Cyber Intelligence & Security at Embry-Riddle, with a minor in Defense Studies, expected May 2027. Alongside coursework, I'm an Army Reserve ROTC cadet pursuing 17A Cyber Warfare Officer, which is the throughline for most of what I do: offensive security, adversarial thinking, and an interest in how technical work fits into a bigger operational picture. I hold an active TS clearance.

On campus, I lead the Ethical Hacking Club as President, co-founded the AI+ Lab, serve as CFO of Horizons (the campus newspaper), and I'm Treasurer of FBLA. I'm also a Team Leader for CyberAero, ERAU's outreach CTF that introduces high schoolers to cybersecurity, managing funding, media, and the developer team, and I'll step up to Head Team Leader in Spring 2027. Off campus, I've interned in red teaming with the Army Research Laboratory's Cyber & Electronic Warfare Division, and earlier worked as a legislative intern for an Illinois state senator: a very different kind of pace, but useful context for how decisions actually get made.

Outside of work, I have a real appreciation for being outdoors, field and mechanical watches, and golf. I like fixing things, whether that's a piece of gear or a stubborn bug in a homelab service, and I've recently gotten into cooking. I'm also building out a homelab and desktop audio setup that's gotten a little more serious than it probably needs to be, and I drive the Lemont to Prescott route often enough that I have opinions about it.

A rough timeline

A quieter project

Separate from the security work, I've spent time on Imprints of Honor, an oral-history project documenting my grandfather's life. It's not a technical build, but it's taught me as much about interviewing, structure, and getting a story right as anything in a classroom.