I'm a native-born Texan, raised on books, barbecue, and boiling-hot summers. I've always had a penchant for taking pictures of the things and people around me, as well as for talking way too much, and hopefully this website will serve as a (constructive?) blending of these two!
I hold a B.S. degree in Computer Science & Engineering from MIT, and currently work as a Senior Software Engineer for Binti! When I'm not sitting behind a desk at a computer, I thoroughly enjoy most activities which take me outside, especially hiking. I moved to Seattle early 2024, and love being closer to the beautiful nature that's up in the PNW!
If you'd like to take a look at some of my pictures, take a gander at my photography galleries*. Right now, I've got pictures from building/sailing ice sailboats, my (first) trip through Iceland, my PCT/OCT hike, a four-day trip through Inyo National Forest, a Bishop climbing trip, and a two-day trek through the John Muir Wilderness. I also added a month-long trip in Portugal during January 2022, a multi-week hike across Scotland in May 2023, and recently a 5-day hike back in Iceland. I did a section of the Long Trail in 2024, but haven't gotten around to adding that yet.
A goal of mine is to go on at least one long hike every year - while there are plenty of opportunities to hike in the U.S., I definitely want to keep exploring international long hikes in the coming years!
*This site is not optimized for mobile, and so is best viewed on a laptop/desktop screen.
Big credit to Jack Qiao, whose Expose code I'm using as the core of my site.