Since I was 12 years old, I've been cultivating my interests in computers and technology. I taught myself how to program, use breadboards, prototype basic electronic solutions, and disassembling/salvaging old computers. Whether it was speed disassembling and reassembling TI-84s out of pure boredom in middle school, figuring out how to remount a LUKS encrypted drive for decryption over many high school lunches for a friend, or even helping my grandparents understand social engineering attacks that they are often vulnerable to, I always try to expand my understanding in the broadest reach possible. This has allowed me to perceive problems and projects from a multi-faceted perspective, and make guided decisions to accelerate workflow. I've come a long way since my initial forays as a teenager, garnering a massive amount of valuable experience and expertise along the way. I still use curiosity as a guiding principle to constructive self-improvement, allowing me to learn new things on the fly and successfully apply them. Whether it is a university term project, a task at an internship, or even a personal passion project, I've been willing to get my hands dirty and go knee deep in the details to refine deliverables or even find bugs. It's somewhat second nature for me to look at a problem and deconstruct it; I learned how to program by looking at examples and open-source software and tinkering with them. I love to explore new areas where technology can be integrated, and this is a passion I expect to be pursuing for the rest of my life.