NAVIGATE THE DIGITAL LANDSCAPE WITH CONFIDENCE

I grew up around computers—Windows Vista machines that crashed constantly, and MacBooks that just worked. That contrast taught me something early: using tech is easy. Understanding why it works (or fails) is what matters.

Cloud computing made my direction clear because it's not just "another IT topic." It changes how systems are built, shipped, and scaled. I didn't want a career built on copying tutorials. I wanted to understand the fundamentals well enough to build, troubleshoot, and improve real systems.

That's why I chose Western Governors University for a B.S. in Cloud Computing. My focus is networking and infrastructure: how data moves, where systems break, and how to design so failures don't turn into outages. I practice networking in Cisco Packet Tracer, then reinforce it with Python—automating small tasks, validating configs, and building scripts that make systems more consistent.

I also work intentionally across data fundamentals—learning when relational databases make sense, when NoSQL is the better fit, and what you give up in each tradeoff. Security stays in the loop throughout, because reliability without security is fake reliability.

An early internship at Trend Micro CPITS Program made the lesson obvious: weak design gets exposed fast. Since then, I've treated every project like training—clear work, solid basics, and steady improvement.

This site is where I document that work: projects, notes, and progress. If you want to understand how I think and what I can do, start with the projects.