Timeline

June 1991 | Life

Born In Virginia.

June 2009 | School

Graduate from Langley High School.

Dec 2012 | School

Graduate from JMU with a degree in Writing, Rhetoric and Technical Communications.

Jan 2013 | Life

Move to Shepherdstown, West Virginia.

Jan 2013 | Work

Learn to code via youtube videos. Started with Game Maker (and made Catch the Clown).

Oct 2013 | Work

Download Unity 4. Continue watching all the youtube videos about coding video games.

Sept 2014 | Work

Launch Kickstarter for Animal Gods. Once the game reached its funding target, it got greenlit by Steam and approved by Nintendo developers.

Oct 2015 | Work

Release Animal Gods on Steam.

Nov 2015 | Life

Move to Friendship Heights, DC.

Jan 2016 | Work

Start work as a programmer analyst at HMS Host. It feels nice to get a w2. I am learning everything about Oracle databases.

July 2016 | Life

Move back to Shepherdstown, West Virginia.

Sept 2016 | Work

Animal Gods is released on the Nintendo Wii U.

May 2017 | Work

Software developer for the US Coast Guard. Working on Oracle databases and Java front ends. I'm in the engineering department, officially, yay.

July 2017 | Art

Getting pretty serious about knitting. Finish my first sock.

March 2020 | Work

Software developer at FEMA supporting .NET applications. Two weeks into the job COVID starts.

Aug 2020 | Life

Move to McLean, VA.

Oct 2020 | Art

Learn to sew. Host my own renaissance fair (because COVID).

Jan 2021 | Art

Knit 5600 yards of yarn in 2020. Completed 15 projects. Will I ever have the much dedicated time again?

Oct 2021 | Life

Move to Frederick, MD.

March 2022 | Life

Adopt LULU!!! The best dog.

May 2022 | Work

Become a cofounder at the startup Malamute.

Apr 2024 | Work

Establish Eight Bit Company.

June 2024 | School

Start my MBA at Cornell Tech.

Move to Roosevelt Island, NYC.

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