My story
Learning in the hardest possible sandbox.
This isn't a "learned to code in my bedroom" story. It's "taught myself on library Wi-Fi, between bus rides, shelter lotteries, and night walks"—and then turned that into assets.
I've spent the last four years unhoused—camping alone, walking through the night when I lost the shelter lottery, juggling work at stadiums and arenas, and using every stable hour I could get to learn.
During that time I worked cash registers, poured drinks, ran stands, and took on responsibility any time it was offered. In parallel, I was teaching myself Windows, macOS, Linux, Python, HTML, CSS, WordPress, VPS hosting, Android Studio, Xcode, and modern AI tools—one broken laptop and borrowed charger at a time.
Along the way I learned SEO on and off the page: Google Search Console, Google Sites, Google Lighthouse, blog structures, domains, DNS, domain authority, backlinks, scraping LinkedIn, email warming, and even backend control via DirectAdmin and terminal.
My work now is simple at its core: build systems that respect the people using them, especially the ones holding everything together by a thread.
Shelters & streets
Lottery lines, tents & long walksLearned how confusing housing and resource systems really are when you're exhausted, hungry, and trying not to lose your belongings.
Parallel learning
Self-taught development, SEO & AIUsed public computers and low-cost VPS servers to practice web dev, on-page SEO, blog writing, scraping, analytics, LinkedIn data collection, and multi-model AI workflows.
Hospitality work
Coors Field, Ball Arena, Legends, AramarkStarted as a cashier and moved up to managing the largest stand and working as a lead bartender—learning operations, flow, and real-time problem solving.
Now
Turning survival into systemsBuilding tools, sites, and guides so the next person in line has fewer unknowns, fewer dead ends, and better information from day one.