I grew up in Calgary, Alberta, exploring the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Those early adventures sparked a lifelong passion for the outdoors—on foot, two wheels, skis, and, later, surfboards.
At the same time, I was dabbling in web development. In the early 2000s, that meant drafting mockups in Photoshop, slicing them into HTML tables, and building custom WordPress themes.
As my outdoor experience grew, I ventured deeper into the backcountry and started bringing a camera to capture what I saw. This evolved into my preferred style of photography: expansive natural landscapes, often found deep in the mountains.
My professional path, like so many of my outdoor adventures, took a few unexpected turns. In 2011, I graduated with a degree in civil engineering from the University of Alberta and worked as a structural engineer-in-training for just over three years. Following a layoff, I returned to school and earned an MSc in biomedical engineering from the University of Calgary in 2019. My thesis, “Intercellular Gap Junction Communication in the Bovine Annulus Fibrosus,” investigated cell-cell signalling in the intervertebral disc.
After years of career uncertainty, I decided to embrace my inner coder and enrolled in the Lighthouse Labs web development boot camp in 2019 (see My Journey into Tech). That high-school hobby has since become my full-time career—and one I truly enjoy. Technology combines many of the things that have always appealed to me: logical problem-solving, visual design, and the satisfaction of turning ideas into reality.
That career pivot, combined with my love of the outdoors, brought me to Revelstoke in 2020, where I spent five years. (See my journal for some more detailed reflections: A New Chapter, and 11 Months Later.) In 2025, I moved farther west to the coast of British Columbia.
This website is my creative outlet—a place to share the world as I see it through photographs and words. Thanks for stopping by my quiet corner of a busy internet.