“I, a universe of atoms, an atom in the universe.” — Richard Feynman

i'm a 17 y/o studying P³ @ Princeton (physics, philosophy, and politics). my mission is to build the orbital infrastructure that protects the world's most critical systems.

currently:

• SpaceX — incoming Starshield satellite engineering intern for defense intelligence (landed off a cold email to Elon Musk)
• Contrary — venture partner, $1-3M checks, 2% acceptance

previously, while in high school at TJHSST:

• USA Astronomy and Astrophysics Olympiad — gold medal, top 5 in nation, invited to IOAA
• Lockheed Martin — 1 of 14 HS interns nationally in Space Division, deployed changes into production on THAAD (missile defense)
• Also Capital ($200M AUM) — scout fund partner, moved to NYC to invest $100,000 in hard tech and meet founders from portcos like Fluidstack, Varda, and K2 Space
• MIT AeroAstro — autonomous satellite research with professor, funded by NSF, 1st-author pending publications
• NASA Wallops — launched payload 400,000 feet into space
• Founders, Inc. — built search-and-rescue startup w/ $45,000+ in grants (supported by OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger)

a few more:

• Pareto — fellow, 0.1% acceptance, mentored by Anton Osika, Venus Williams, and Max Altman
• Soma Capital — 1 of 25 fellows
• Naval Research Laboratory — solar research
• addressed the United Nations
• led the world's first HS team building a liquid-fuel rocket
• flown out by Sam Altman to meet him at OpenAI HQ in SF (ChatGPT Futures Honoree)
• flown out by Human Capital and the Boring Company to meet Steve Davis at a behind-the-scenes tour of the Vegas Loop
• selected as Non-Trivial Fellow, Regeneron STS Scholar, and Emergent Ventures Grantee

i've never been particularly good at following rules or predefined paths, and i believe there's always a way to make something work. in fact, there’s a poster in my dorm room that says “unreasonable optimism.” that’s my Polaris for navigating life.

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