About me

        My two greatest passions are video games and music, and these have guided me throughout my life and college career.

        At the age of three I was already playing educational games such as those produced by JumpStart and The Learning Company, and I was absolutely hooked. I have these games to thank for strengthening my math, reading, and critical thinking skills from a very young age, as well as for fostering my love of computers and technology as a whole. My first experience with programming occurred in middle school when I was introduced to Scratch, an application designed by the MIT Media Lab which could be used to make sprite-based 2D games. Although simple in design, the projects I developed using Scratch gave me my first taste of coding years before I would take my first real computer science course. In the years that have followed, I have of course branched out into more complex languages such as C++, Python, and C#, and have used my skills to create more involved game prototypes as well as other non-gaming programs.

        Music, as I mentioned above, is also a huge part of my life. Seeing as I had a very outgoing personality as a kid, I was encouraged to explore the arts. I enjoyed performing so much that I took part in every musical, choir, and play I possibly could, and also took piano and tap lessons. Upon entering college I pursued a music minor, and my intensive background powered me to a minor GPA of 4.0.  During my freshman year I also joined the Tufts Beelzebubs, a top-ten collegiate a cappella group. My experience traveling the country and the world with this group has been absolutely incredible, and has ultimately shaped my time at Tufts as a whole.

        I truly believe that my broad-based liberal arts education from Tufts has not only prepared me for a successful computer science career, but has given me a solid foundation in the arts, sciences, and humanities that will be an asset to any company or team.

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