Starting in junior high, I had a science fair project that required me to design and build a functioning prototype of something that could actually help people in real life. Growing up in a house with three older brothers and one older sister, we were constantly losing the TV remote…

So I invented a “remote finder.” It was a simple platform the remote sat on, using a pin system to detect when the remote was in place. If it stayed out for more than five minutes, it would trigger a loud beeping alarm until someone put it back.

Towards the end of junior high, Myspace arrived and I got my first real taste of HTML and CSS. That spark lit a fire in me. Around the same time, my grandfather and I built a simple robot together.

In 2015, my grandmother lost nearly $100,000 to a scam. That moment changed everything. I began teaching myself cybersecurity and later completed a web development bootcamp in 2021. Even though web dev wasn’t my final path, it gave me a strong technical foundation.

Cybersecurity is my true passion because it lets me protect people who don’t know how to protect themselves. I now work as a Network Security Analyst and Junior Network Administrator, and I’ve rapidly grown my skills in just a few years.

I’ve earned my ISC2 CC, CompTIA Security+, and CompTIA CySA+, and I’m currently working on CompTIA SecAI+. In the coming year I plan to complete PenTest+ and OSCP, and I intend to start a Cybersecurity Bachelor’s degree through WGU in 2027.

My goal is to help organizations and individuals stay safe from bad actors by not only finding vulnerabilities, but clearly explaining risks and building stronger, more secure systems.