Throughout my life I’ve been privileged to work alongside my dad, a master carpenter, on a variety of projects, beginning with the construction of our family home when I was five.  The more I helped my dad, the more I became fascinated with the way materials could be arranged to create different types of spaces and objects; he was the first person to show me that imagination can be built.  Undoubtedly, participating in various construction and woodworking projects left an indelible mark on me, is the foundation of my passion for architecture, and ultimately lead me to pursue a Bachelor’s degree in Architecture at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Currently, I'm attending the University of Michigan to pursue a Master’s degree in architecture, so that I can continue to explore issues about cultural heritage, industrialization, and technology with regard to architecture.  I hope to leave graduate school equipped to produce architecture that responds to challenges imposed by humans, and as well as to how we relate to the world around us through architecture.  I often find myself wondering if architecture has lost its humanity and meaning [given the "digitization" of nearly every aspect of our existence], and wonder what price architecture has paid due to rapid technological “advancements”.  Has architecture been reduced to a series of superficial images to be experienced and consumed much like other commodities brought about by industrialization and technology?  I’ve set out to answer questions like these, and hope to one day earn the title “architect”, which will enable me to actively critique and respond to the world around me.