Education at a Glance

school 90% of BS in Computational Physics (UT Austin 2025)    verified Elements of Computing certificate

Game Inspirations at a Glance

eggPokemon Mystery Dungeon series    starRisk Of Rain series    keyThe Elder Scrolls series    boltNoita    petsRain World     fireplaceDark Souls series    

I grew up in El Paso, Texas. I always thought I'd be a scientist, growing up loving to learn about all of the interesting phenomena in this world, from the mysteries of deep-sea creatures to the inner workings of electromagnets. I also thoroughly enjoyed solving math problems and the certainty of their solutions, so physics seemed like the perfect thing to pursue heading into college.

However, I discovered programming near the end of highschool through game development tutorials with GameMaker, a relatively beginner-friendly 2D game engine. I had zero programming experience before this and never considered programming or game development as a viable career for me even though I grew up playing and loving video games.

Slowly over time I began to fall in love with game development and learned to program because of this, creating several games and meeting tons of awesome people through this process. I shifted from plain physics to computational physics, pursued the Elements of Computing certificate and took the 2D Game Development Capstone at UT just so I could program and think about game development more.

Now, I yearn to make a living working on games, whether its to help program and solve software problems or design game systems and loops that players have no chance of escaping. With my unique background and interests, I hope to bring a fresh perspective to game development and hold my head high for the future.