About me

I believe in the potential for technology to make good in our world and society, and I am committed to be part of that effort. Towards that end, I am have recently been building Linux, networking, cloud, IaC, DevOps, scripting, and programming (Python) skills. These were really useful while I was working at a local managed service provider within a help desk role- boy, talk about an intense work environment! There was high turnover, so the remaining members of the team were expected to pivot and wear new and multiple hats, from providing web design support, cybersecurity solutions, installing software, configuring hardware, and troubleshooting issues around cloud services and products. I really enjoyed being able to help people with problems they encountered and being able to learn new tools and technologies.

I believe in the potential of technology to create solutions to challenging problems, both on an individual and community scale. This necessitates careful and mindful attention by concerned individuals to point these tools in a helpful direction, to make sure that they are, indeed, compassionate and human-centered. I enjoy learning and growing in my personal understanding of both the problems, understanding potential solutions to address root problems, and then working collaboratively to explore how technology can fill that space.

I also like to build interactive art installations using technology, with my long-term goal of using these same IoT approaches to provide adaptive technology for persons with developmental disabilities. Having worked with this population in the past, I know this is an urgent need, so working with the hardware side of things is really interesting to me, too!

I love to backpack in the mountains, and camp under the stars. Independent tours, whether on skis, in a kayak, or backpacking with a packraft, excite and inspire me. I love to read the adventures of others and then peer at my ever-growing bucket list, determined to fit it all in, somehow.

When I was seventeen years old, I volunteered to build a school in rural India, and witnessed true poverty. That experience has always stuck with me- there is pain and suffering the world, and inspiring figures remind us that each of us can make a big difference. I studied spiritual paths and traditions in seminary, including figures like Mother Theresa and Ghandi, Walter Rauschenbusch, MLK, Jr- people who decided to act on their convictions. This is my ever-constant, personal north pole to guide my actions.