Brief Biographical Sketch:

I'm a sophomore at Stanford planning to major in Symbolic Systems. I'm a writer, a poet, a raving mathematician, and a long-distance runner who loves a good cup of green tea.

Despite my flirtations with computer science, languages are my true love; in addition to speaking Spanish and a smidgeon of ASL, I'm in the process of learning Japanese and Mandarin. I've even created a few languages of his own. Some day soon, I hope to learn Lakhota. And Gaelic. Also Arabic and Swahili, and possibly Russian. Nahuatl is cool, so probably that too. And maybe Tagolog for kicks...

On my own time, I'm the founder and administrator of an online writing workshop where a nation-wide team of writers and I help high school and college students hone their writing skills. I've somehow managed to become a published poet, and I'm currently working on a number of short (and not so short) stories.

In general, my interests are all over the map, and I love listening to people talk about their passions. This will be my fourth time teaching at SPLASH, and I can't wait for another chance to hang out with so many cool kids!

Past Classes