For as long as I can remember, I’ve been curious about how technology and the world around me works. That led me to study Engineering Physics at the University of Illinois, where I graduated in 2024. During college, I got involved in a nuclear fusion research group that focused on finding new ways to make fusion a viable energy source. At the same time, I started picking up programming and building small projects to automate tasks and make life easier. That interest grew over time, and now I'm working on my Master’s in Computer Science at UIUC. I started the program in 2025 and will graduate in December. This past summer, I interned at Northrop Grumman as a Systems Engineer. I helped refine AFSIM scenario code to support more flexible simulations, built a Python tool to visualize and compare data across different simulation setups, and created a GUI so others could easily generate their own graphs. It was an interesting mix of coding and working on things that could actually impact real-world decisions. In my free time, I like getting outside, lifting weights, watching movies, and doing whatever I can to win at fantasy football.