This site is meant to serve as a portfolio for my creative endeavors, as well has a place for blog posts on a variety of topics. My interests include Specialty Coffee, art and design, and engineering. I am the co-founder of a coffee brewer company UFO Dripper, and currently work as a barista at Black and White Coffee Roasters.

In the world of coffee, I’m particularly interested in the scientific approach to brewing, but also agronomy, processing, and roasting. My goal in the industry is to help curate experiences in Specialty Coffee, to open people’s mind to what great coffee can be. It’s also important to me to build a sense of community, and so I started the NCSU Specialty Coffee Club, and am transitioning this group into the Triangle Coffee Club. Our goal is to sustain and grow the Specialty community in the Research Triangle, while offering education and competition support to baristas who are interested.

Although I’m not currently enrolled, I studied mechanical engineering for two years at NCSU, and have an interest in the engineering field at large. I enjoy learning how things work electrically and mechanically.