I grew up in a small town just north of San Francisco, California. I am a leader and a builder, determined to combine technology, art, and business to create inventions that help people and change the world. At UCLA, I studied chemistry, materials science, and entrepreneurship with an emphasis on sustainable development, quantum mechanics, ancient art, and finance. I ran a video production business while in high school and started a student organization in college that developed sustainable technologies for the campus and grew to over 120 members. This gave me the tools to found my current company, Miravel recently listed as "One of the 5 Coolest Startups" by Entrepreneur Magazine.