Like many, I was surrounded by a family of hard workers growing up. At the time, it wasn’t something I appreciated, even disliked it. If they weren’t on the clock, work was being done at home. Over time though, this became something that stuck with me and even became a part of me. Life, in a way, is driven by hard work, and my parents in particular showed me what hard work can accomplish.

I’ve worked a variety of jobs to push myself through school, from one of the busiest gas station locations in the country to a flooring specialized store which had me building orders for tens of thousands of dollars on the daily. My experience has helped me see many different perspectives, meet very different people, and of course the experience of working with or for them as well. There are so many different stories to be told in the world, and it is important for them to be told. Through my work, my true goal is for it to have real meanings, intentions to it, to truly represent something.