Meet the Team

Bio

I come from the side yard space ship, a sturdy construction of six logs. Imagination has characterized the majority of my life. I twisted and mangled small facts to imagine great loopholes within the universe, or consolidate the construction of a house down to a single robotic arm. While learning more has taught me that houses usually require more attention than a single machine, science can be carefully manipulated into interesting mechanisms and results. After learning, I am continually astounded at the great continuity and fundamental simplicity of the universe. Following from that, I find that science—and math—can be intuitive and intriguing. That is why I love physics.

I have grown up in the suburbs of Dayton, Ohio and found that as my parents grow older, they tend to migrate south in intervals of about ten minute drives. Fortunately, I have only traveled up the scholarly ladder of the school system. In elementary school, I often found myself gravitating to the book “The World of Science” during my mandatory reading sessions. In the small school library, I was in the little non-fiction corner that was tucked away beneath swaths of fables, though later I learned to enjoy those stories too. From there I acquired a particular affinity for electricity. Then at the beginning of my Middle School career, electricity helped to propel me into the Science Olympiad program. In Science Olympiad, I broadened my horizons and learned about the diversity of science and how to go about it. By my eighth grade year, the middle school decided that I had learned enough and sent me to learn more about Biology across the street at the high school. I was inspired to continue to push myself in terms of what I could learn, and, once I joined the high school team, shifted to a more competitive focus. Following my heavy involvement with Science Olympiad, I decided to return back to the middle school program and help to coach.

Outside of any of my scholastic endeavors, I value my beliefs. From my experience I have come to the idea that the most important principle is to love people. Perhaps I hold an idealistic view, however idealism has an important place in life. It provides something to aspire towards. Without hope the world would be desolate, empty.