In 2019, leveraging my prior finance experience as an investment banker, I co-founded Uproot Homes. Uproot was a real estate platform that helps active duty homeowners build financial security regardless of when or where they move next. Although the project folded in 2021, we created an innovative shared-equity housing model for the military community and other groups that are typically left out of traditional homeownership markets.

I constantly look for ways to give back to the communities that have afforded me so much. One of my greatest pleasures is to serve as a Service 2 School Undergraduate Ambassador, working with transitioning veterans embarking on their college journey. I have also volunteered with local organizations in San Diego to teach U.S. Citizenship courses.