Interests & Hobbies
Some of the basic things I enjoy are swimming, reading, video/TV streaming services, and traveling. But in addition, here’s some other interests and activities I participate in outside the office.
LEGO Sets and MOCs
Theatre
Volunteering
- Judge at Technovation Challenge in 2018, 2019, and 2021
- Panelist at a Tech Talk at several of the University of Minnesota’s Coding Bootcamps
- Volunteer at RailsConf 2019
- Volunteer at various nonprofit organizations, such as Arc Value Village, Perspectives, and Feed My Starving Children in the Twin Cities
In College
- UMM Open Hatch event leader
- Calculus 1 Peer Assisted Learning (PAL) tutor at UMM
- Student Campus Ambassador at UMM
- Orientation Group Leader at UMM in 2016
- Participant in the UMM Honors Program
- UMM Concert Choir Dress Manager
- UMM Dance Ensemble Treasurer
- Dance teacher to children at a local dance studio
- Participant in the NATS Competition 2014
- Participant in a Senior Recital in April 2017 (recordings and program)
Traveling
I know I already claimed to love traveling, but since I try to go to a new country every year, here’s a cool list of all of the foreign countries (or non-continental U.S. states/territories) I’ve been to:
- China 🇨🇳
- Iceland 🇮🇸 (it was only a layover and I never left the Reykjavík airport, but I like to count it anyways)
- France 🇫🇷
- Spain 🇪🇸
- Puerto Rico 🇵🇷
- Alaska 🇺🇸
- Netherlands 🇳🇱 (also a layover, and I also never left the Amsterdam airport)
- Czech Republic 🇨🇿
- Austria 🇦🇹
- Germany 🇩🇪
- England 🏴
- Montréal 🇨🇦 (technically Canada, but saying Montréal is cooler than saying Canada)
- Kenya 🇰🇪