I was born and raised in Fremont, California, and graduated from high school in a nearby suburb called Dublin. After high school, instead of pursuing an undergraduate degree, I instead chose to run off to southeast Kansas. You can read more about that adventure here.

The path I took after Kansas has crisscrossed newsrooms, field turfs, and city halls. I began the next phase of my career as a journalist covering the local economy: Small businesses, development fights, transit debates, and the growing footprint of wind energy.

That love for storytelling found its next home in campaign strategy. From 2023-25, I led a small but mighty team of associates at New Way Forward Strategies, where I helped drive grassroots fundraising and win upset races.

When we moved to Phoenix for my wife to attend medical school, I decided to return to the classroom and study urban planning because I couldn’t shake a growing curiosity around how consequential small choices can be for every individual person’s quality of life. Now, I’m diving into the nuts and bolts of some of the same topics I used to write about from the sidelines.