I am an aspiring software developer with a unique background. My first career in tech was as a software development instructor for Eleven Fifty Academy. Before that, I was a professional ballet dancer. A seemingly unrelated field of work, or so it may seem. But there is actually a huge overlap between the two career paths. Early in life I really had two passions: mathematics and ballet. One taught me that in order to be creative while performing beautiful dances onstage, I needed to think analytically to break down the choreography into the intricate steps upon which the dance was built. Likewise, mathematics taught me that in order to be analytical, I needed to think creatively to see the problem from all angles and find a way to get to the solution. In fact, while studying dance performance at Butler University, I also tutored math, and was the only non math major to do so during my time there.

These two passions have now found a home in coding. I am able to take the fusion of my creative and analytical thinking and apply it to my code; every app, every method, and every bug are all just problems waiting to be solved and turned into something exciting. I love the process of coding and the challenges it brings. Discovering something new while wrestling with bugs and broken code is often more rewarding to me than the actual outcome. There is always something new to learn in the field of coding, and for a naturally curious person like myself, that is the most exciting part. I hope to continue growing my skills and knowledge as a software developer.