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A bit about me

I'm working toward a B.S. in Information Systems at UMBC, and lately I've been leaning hard into networking and security — enough that it's looking like a career path rather than just a class requirement. I learn best by building something, breaking it, and then figuring out why it broke. Most of what I put on this site came out of that loop, not out of a syllabus.

Outside of class, most of my time goes into a homelab I run at home — it's where I actually test the stuff I read about instead of just taking it on faith. I'm also working through a few certifications right now, listed below.

Tools I've actually used

Certifications

Studying for these alongside coursework — not done yet, but here's where things stand.

How I got here