About

The elementary and high schools near me didn’t offer much in the way of quality education, so my parents chose to home-school me. I found I could easily learn on my own. However, the opportunities afforded in rural America were poor. 

I majored in philosophy and religion during my first degree, primarily because the people who were in those programs valued learning more than anyone else I had met. It wasn’t until late in my years at school, (I didn’t have a computer through college because of the expense) that I realized I could pay someone to teach me about coding. I used to edit and change files in different games as a kid and always thought it was just something fun to do, maybe adjust a few parameters and see what the outcome would be. 

During my senior year, I had a free elective and I got into a intro to Java class. After my first week, I was hooked. The class was one of my favorites. I went on to take a JavaScripting class the next semester and teach myself some HTML as the prerequisite. One Friday evening, I realized I had  spent about 7 hours working on a basic Facebook like application in JavaScript and HTML. It was then that I realized, I was having fun.

I’ve been working towards paying off my loans since graduating so I could go back to school and get a second degree. This time in computer science. I recently completed that CS degree and started up my masters in cybersecurity engineering. The masters option would basically require the same classes , so it made sense to go for the second bachelor online and work towards that career path. The work load hasn’t been easy, but the journey has been well worth it!