I didn’t start coding out of the womb.

I got into art school out of high school, but chose a more conventional path—studying computer engineering and eventually building a career in tech. For a long time, those two parts of me existed separately.

Over the past decade, I’ve worked as a backend software engineer across companies like Microsoft, Spotify, and VMware—building distributed systems within product-focused teams, and designing the APIs and data layers that power the digital experiences people move through every day.

At some point, I started asking different questions.
Not just how to build systems—but why.

What are we optimizing for?
What are the trade-offs we’re accepting?
What kind of world are we creating as a result?

Lately, I’ve been exploring how my background in building systems can translate into more meaningful domains—especially in climate and the ways human behavior shifts within the environments we create.

Outside of engineering, I’m drawn to creative expression—through visual art, photography, and writing. It’s the part of me that doesn’t need to scale or make sense, but still feels essential.

I don’t just want to build things that work.
I want to understand what’s worth building in the first place.

Explore with me!