I grew up in a woodshop, making things with my hands and learning by doing. Toward the beginning of high school, I also became a sneakerhead. Naturally, I combined my passions and started hand making my own sneakers from scratch. This became an expensive hobby, and to help with that, I started selling my products. I launched in two retail locations as well as I opened my own pop up shop for summer 2024 in Boston's North End. Through this, I was also exposed to the local fashion community and participated in over a dozen fashion shows as a designer and hosted two of my own sold-out fashion shows.

I began my formal design education studying Industrial Design at Georgia Tech and focused on footwear design. In spring 2026, I completed the Pensole Lewis College x VF Corporation industry credential masterclass where I designed a race day marathon shoe for Altra Running. Through this, I was chosen for a footwear design apprenticeship at The North Face where I am starting my professional career on the lifestyle footwear design team.