Having grown up in rural California I spent many of my free weekends camping and exploring nearby towns and wilderness. I went on my first backpacking trip at age eleven and was going on multi-day biking trips over one hundred miles before finishing middle school. During high school, I picked up videography and went on international videography trips before the age of twenty. I have also been working with grip and electric crews on larger productions to get more experience in high-stress-fast-paced environments.