I love to serve. Bartending was an ideal job for me. Meditation changed my life. I was smoking a pack a day until I did hypnosis which made me quit and never look back, so I guess hypnosis changed my life, too. I love cold brew coffee, sitting outside in the shade, reading, watching the world go by, or hanging out with friends. I see two to four films a week in the theater. I believe learning to code will allow me to work anywhere in the world. That really excites me.

Having seen firsthand the power of data play such an important role in President Obama's reelection victory in 2012, I became seriously interested in code. After the election, I would visit General Assembly down the street from my apartment. I loved the vibe I got. There was a feeling that anything was possible. I applied for their full stack class when the interviewer asked me if I knew how to code. "Barely," I replied. He told me to take a few classes first. I signed up for Thinkful.com's front-end web development class. I was working forth-five to fifty hours a week and coming home to code. It was a struggle. I knew something had to give. I did my research and only applied to one school, Epicodus. I got in, quit my job and moved to Portland. I am still shocked at how much I have learned, which, of course, is a fraction of how much more there still is.

It's solving a puzzle starting with the smallest part of it. It's why I love testing. No matter how difficult the path, when those numbers turn green in RSpec, I feel successful.