I am an IST student focusing on Design and Development at Penn State, University Park. I am primarily focused on software development but also have interests in databases and networking. I excel in communicating with others and love collaborating with my peers to accomplish any tasks at hand. Learning about new technologies is something that I really enjoy. For example, I learned about the Microsoft Bot Framework and LUIS service during my summer internship at UPS which peaked my interests in machine learning and artificial intelligence. This really complemented my IST 402 class which was about multimedia big data and cognitive neural networks. In school, I try to stay involved by managing the website for The Association for Residence Halls - psuarhs.org, as well as volunteering in a THON committee.

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Aside from my technical interests, I like to spend my time being outdoors away from the computer playing frisbee and football. I also am big into music, both listening and playing. I taught myself to play the guitar and keep it up as a pastime.