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I currently split my time between Austin, TX and San Antonio, TX but I was born and raised in Los Angeles, the eldest of six kids. My father is an attorney and my mother was a schoolteacher; they taught me the value of hard work, self-discipline, and education.
I have an amazing partner — Samantha — who I absolutely adore along with our 3 children: Maverick, Lena, and Olivia. They keep me grounded and help me keep perspective on what truly matters.
When I'm not working on spending time with family, you can usually find me pursuing my two passions: (1) traveling; and (2) crossfit.
I love experiencing new cultures, eating foreign food, meeting different people, and everything else that goes along with exploring the world. I've had the great fortune of visiting 47 different countries, many of which I'm privileged to visit for work.
One thing I love to do when I'm visiting tropical locations is SCUBA diving and exploring their underwater life.
I'm a PADI-certified dive master and I've dived in 6 different countries (e.g., Thailand, Belize, Costa Rica, Mexico, Bahamas, Jamaica).
It's fun to explore a completely different world below sea level and I also find that the awareness of your body and breathing can be a highly meditative experience.
My other passion is CrossFit, which I've been pursuing semi-competitively since 2016. It's incredibly gratifying to be able to perform movements and lift weights that I wasn't able to at 20.
I regularly participate in partnered competitions with friends (often making the podium) and I've participated in each of last five Open competitions with my relative ranking improving every single year (last year put me at the 95th percentile for my age).