I come from a loving family with very little. With six figure debt and collectors at our door, I grew up sleeping in cars and the back rooms of restaurants. Those moments shaped me.
It's given me a genuine desire to connect deeply with others and understand where they come from. It's also helped me embrace that the arcs of our lives are our own to shape.
The past few years, I've been working on complex open systems that push forward a composable DeFi future.
What drives me today is finding folks that value consistent action toward growth and that sense of ownership over life, tapping into that to build something beautiful together.
I've learned to create extraordinary outcomes by facing down things that scare me and taking bold action: I've taught improv with a New York Time's bestselling author, written (successful) love letters, deescalated gunpoint situations with effective communication, and designed products that have moved billions of dollars––all as terrifying as they were exhilarating.
I've even cut down cornstalk forests with only a machete, in between prayer, and built homes out of "caca de vaca" in southern monasteries where we survived months in the desert with nothing but good humor and grit.
I want my life to be as redemptive as the stories I read growing up, the ones that lifted me from the narcissism of my circumstances. And I think I'm on my way.
I'm fond of facing down fear and taking action. If you are too, send me a message.
