Design has always embodied potential for me. From a young age, designing and creating were ways for me to seek a better understanding of the intangible and un-manifested future I desired to see. To this day, the work I do still possesses this attitude of pursuit: constantly asking questions to know what more can be done, all within the vision of creating things that are true and good—a pursuit rooted in joy. This passion is constantly fueled by other activities in my life that drive creativity and my desire to learn.
My second love is fashion; expression and exploration in the wearable is a huge interest of mine. I’m always being active in my free time whether that be cycling, skateboarding, hiking or exercising. My parents have been huge proponents in my creative involvement and have inspired interests in reading, writing, playing and writing music, seeing live music, cooking, and photography.
“The dancer has his ear in his toes” - Nietzsche
Whole Foods Market, Santa Cruz, CA, US, Front End Supervisor
• Promoted to Front End Supervisor after two months as a team member.
• Direct front of store responsibilities and team member assignments (cashier,
bagging, cart retrieval, sanitization, etc.)
• Oversee money handling between registers and safe as well as balancing store safe accounts, making and receiving bank deposits.
• Assist customers with complaints, returns, and exchanges.
Whole Foods Market, Santa Cruz, CA, US, Front End Team Member
• Hired to implement new Amazon Now online grocery shopping service.
• Worked closely with store management to improve customer service and new hire
training.
• Assisted with cashiering and stocking responsibilities as needed.
Birdwood Designs, Riverside, CA, US, Design Partner
(Part-time Design/Build business venture while in school)
• Led conceptual design through development to actualization on 25+ projects.
• Projects included architectural design, interior design, site planning, historic building
restoration, and custom furniture.
• Produced working drawings for city permits for interior design including systems
changes.
• Developed material strategies that allowed a maximization of customer expenses
by reducing waste material, using recycled and upcycled materials.
• Well versed in client communications, schematic design, writing quote packets,
contracts, and negotiating change requests.
Carroll & Strong Builders, Inc., Santa Cruz, Superintendent Assistant
(Award-winning Contractor/Builder specializing in custom builds of multi-million-dollar
homes in the Carmel Valley)
• Assisted Project Superintendent on two concurrent, high-end homes in Carmel, CA.
• Detailed construction labor, custom interior installations, and general site
maintenance.
• Tasked with opening and closing job site and regularly managed subcontractors in
my superintendent’s absence.
California Baptist University, Riverside, CA, US, Bachelors, Architecture
The architecture program at California Baptist is centered around the idea of empathetic design: design that intentionally, through data-driven research methods, meets the needs of clients in all kinds of different design projects. The program helps to develop students into designers who are ready to immediately become helpful members of design teams at firms regardless of the scope or size of project they're tasked with. The program forces students through a steep learning curve of various computer software that is crucial to successful design solutions in the modern age of architecture. This means that students are prepared to quickly adapt to a wide variety of software and technologies being utilized by firms.
