Nowadays unlike many designers, my path to becoming a product designer was pretty conventional. I originally studied Industrial Design at Syracuse University dreaming of being the next Tony Stark or Salehe Bembury. That all changed the day I got a call from Facebook while at the gym, saying they wanted to fly me out to Menlo Park to do an onsite interview for a Product Design internship. (It was the only internship I even got a chance at)

I hadn't fully looked into digital product design as a career yet, but Facebook as a company was a dream of mine as well having grown up partially in Boston. After one of the best summers of my life it was safe to say I passionately loved becoming a product designer and working with incredibly talented people in an environment like that.

Time flew by and I continued to learn and love being a product designer and problem solver all the while empowering and helping people with the things I'd created.

Currently I am unemployed due to a recent layoff but nonetheless am venturing to expand my skillset to software engineering.

In my free time, I love to read fantasy fiction, be active in the stock market, train crossfit at my local gym, and learn new ways to be a better chef. 👨🏽‍🍳