In my early life, I had limited resources to experience technology as I wanted. To work around this, I would use my family's old retired computers to search the web for information about how computers work, looking for as many ways to modify the machines as possible. By the time I was 16, I had already become accustomed to 6 different operating systems and countless flavors of Linux. This lead to my passion for computers. In my junior year of high school, I began learning programming. I was taught Java in high school, and used the same knowledge to teach myself python, and then scripting in PowerShell. The basics of software development allowed me to have a deeper understanding of the applications and operating systems that I work with every day. 

I began working for a managed service provider immediately after my contract ended with the Marine Corps in 2021. This helped expand my experience to many different technologies that emphasized security in a fast paced environment and helped to bridge the gap between the theoretical technology I could support and my practical experience. Before this, I didn't have as solid of grasp on the software used by companies today.