Back when Game Boys were the handheld must-have and Saturday mornings were all about cartoons and zero responsibilities, I was just a Midwest kid with some crayons and a wild imagination. Forty-some-odd years later, Saturday mornings start with whatever pulls me outside, puts me in motion, or convinces me I’m awake. Some things haven’t changed though; my creative, child-like curiosity is the same. It just grew up with me.

Now a proud Philadelphian, I split my time between creative work and jiu-jitsu. I’m a brown belt, co-owner of SAS Philly BJJ, and an active competitor (because apparently I like choosing chaos on purpose). At the gym, I coach kids, teach classes, and design all of our creative assets. Jiu-jitsu has become one of the anchors of my life: equal parts challenge, discipline, mayhem, and joy.

I still love bridging the gap between how it works and what it looks like. That thread runs through the way I design, coach, and document life on the mats…something I’ll probably keep doing forever, because solving problems and finding stillness in the scramble is basically my love language. My days are a mix of training, creating, problem-solving, and running a business with someone who somehow tolerates my endless ideas. It’s messy and full and occasionally unhinged, and it’s the most me I’ve ever felt.

I love what I do and enjoy learning at every opportunity. When I’m not knee-deep in a new project or on the mats rolling around with people twice my size, I spend an absurd amount of time outside running, hiking, or just finding excuses to stay in the sun. And when the weather is crummy, I’ll be at home building, tinkering, or resting up for whatever training session I convinced myself was a good idea (and of course, praying to the snow gods for some fresh pow, so my board and I can hit the slopes).

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