I'm an engineer by trade, but a doer at heart.

I was raised in sunny San Diego by two hard-working parents who helped shape the way I approach life and engineering. My dad always told me, "If you can't pay for it to be done, you'd better get to learning." With my mom championing creativity and hands-on learning, my childhood was full of projects, experiments, and the constant drive to build and improve.

Like many engineers, my journey started with Legos. The sets I couldn’t afford, I reverse-engineered from online photos—often fooling friends into thinking I had the real deal. That problem-solving spirit carried over into every project after. My friend Connor and I modified Nerf guns, tore apart old electronics, and built RC boats and planes from repurposed parts.

At home, we always fixed things instead of replacing them. I learned woodworking while restoring an old treehouse with my dad, and basic electrical troubleshooting from broken appliances. By the time I was a teenager, my dad was the one holding the flashlight—and I was one telling where to point it.

When I got into longboarding, money was tight, so I built my first laminated board at 13 with a YouTube video and a skill saw. That kicked off a deep dive into board building: presses, epoxy layups, and eventually, precision trucks. I designed my first set in CAD at 14, which led to an internship at Fab Lab San Diego. There, I connected with Beau from Open Source Skateboards—a mentor who taught me everything from laser cutting to applied math, and even entrusted me with teaching skateboard design classes across San Diego, including at UCSD.

My passion for skateboarding evolved naturally into a love for cars. I quickly found out that reverse kingpin truck geometry wasn’t too far from Ackermann steering theory. I learned auto maintenance from my dad, but it wasn’t long before I was pulling engines on my own. Since then, I’ve serviced over 100 vehicles, ranging from friends’ cars to business fleets, and can now diagnose most issues over the phone (which has paid for more meals than I can count).

Today, I’m designing a custom track car from the ground up—handling everything from aerodynamics to suspension geometry. For me, engineering is about understanding how things work, pushing limits, and never being afraid to learn something new.

Whether it's a skateboard, a car, or a complex system—if it moves, I want to understand it, refine it, and push it to the edge of what's possible. I believe great engineering doesn’t just solve problems—it tells a story of curiosity, grit, and continuous growth.

This is mine.