2003: Born in South Korea to military aviation tech father and photographer mother.

2010: Moved to Orange County. Broke and spoke zero English.

2015: Moved to suburban Illinois. Got gud at English and played a lot of Minecraft and CS:GO. Sold graphic designs to buy skins.

2021: Graduated high school. Spent a semester in Korea. Made the most out of the suburbs.

2024: Graduated from Purdue University. Studied computer science, management, electronic art. Loved theoretical CS/algorithms, cloud, and networks coursework. Did fun design work at Purdue Hackers.