Me in 10 seconds
- I'm a sophomore Fellow at the University of Alabama studying computer science.
- In 2021 I founded James White Pressure Washing.
- Serving the special-needs community is a big part of my life, I'm highly involved in Special Olympics at UA and Camp SOAR.
The UFE is a program comprised of elite scholars focused on leadership, community, and service. Twenty-five students are admitted each year from a class size of roughly 8,000. It's been the cornerstone of my time at the Capstone — I've had unique experiences, been mentored by incredible professors, and have met some of my closest friends through the program.
I've always really enjoyed the efficiency of coding. I'm now studying software engineering and mathematics in the College of Engineering at UA. This website was coded from scratch using HTML and CSS. Below is a snippet of a program I coded to manage my client database for James White Pressure Washing.
class ClientTree {
public:
ClientTree() {
root = nullptr;
}
void insert(Client* client) {
root = insert(root, client);
}
void printInorder() {
printInorder(root);
}
Over the past three years, I've served 450 clients in the Chicagoland area. I've invested in professional equipment, hired employees, coded databases, completed commercial jobs, and built a local reputation. Business and computer science have overlapping aspects of efficiency, system-building, and creativity — I've thoroughly enjoyed both over the past few years.
Special Olympics is an organization that connects special-needs athletes with partner-mentors. After being involved my freshman year, I was promoted to the executive board where I now serve as Treasurer and Head Coach. This program has brought me lots of joy; it's one of my favorite aspects of being a student at Alabama.
Camp SOAR is a sleepaway summer camp for children with special-needs in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. I've been a counselor there for five years serving as a one-on-one mentor. Easily my favorite part of every summer, SOAR has taught me compassion, patience, and inclusion in a unique way.
