Illustration by Sophie Butcher

As someone who has always loved technology, I’ve spent my life inventing things. I was born and raised in Montana with an older brother and a younger sister. As kids, we would entertain ourselves with video game consoles, and an old computer that had one of those clicky keyboards. My sister and I would also perform puppet shows, tape them with a camcorder and show the video to family and friends. We were, and are, part of a generation that has grown up surrounded by technology and continue to be passionate about learning today.

These scientific pursuits continued well into my late teens, where I taught myself how to write HTML in high school, which would later lead me to earning my degree in Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University. I’ve been involved in writing software ever since.

What I have to show…