From Queens to Silicon Valley

I was born in Queens, New York.

To a single immigrant mom who didn't speak much English, but somehow spoke everything that mattered - sacrifice, discipline, and love.

We moved a lot. Always chasing better school districts, safer streets, a chance. I didn't grow up with connections or a clear path - just a quiet promise to myself: one day, I'll retire her.

While most kids were playing sports after school, I was flipping sneakers, playing pro league, and trading crypto.

It wasn't about getting rich - it was about freedom.

Freedom from watching my mom work late nights just to make rent. Freedom from the script that says you have to follow a perfect path to make it.

At one point, I wanted to work in investment banking. I thought that was the definition of "success."

Then I started meeting founders. Builders. People who created things from nothing.

That changed everything.

I joined Parable, a consumer AI fund led by Anne Lee Skates (ex-a16z), and learned what it meant to truly back visionaries - people who see 10 years into the future and have the courage to build it.

Anne took a bet on me. I flew to the Bay. Lived off hustle and ramen. But I felt alive.

2 months later, I joined Delphi - a company building digital minds that capture human knowledge and make it interactive.

Started as an intern.

Got offered full-time.

Employee #23. Second growth hire.

I dropped out of Northeastern.

Not because I hated school - but because I finally found something worth betting everything on.

I want to spend my 20s building things that outlive me.

Communities, products, ideas - that help others find clarity, mentorship, and hope.

Every day at Delphi, I get to work with some of the sharpest operators I've ever met.

And every night, I remind myself of the same thing:

I'm not here to chase titles or exits.

I'm here to retire my mom.

The kid who once sold sneakers in Queens now builds in Silicon Valley - surrounded by people who believe the future isn't written, it's designed.

And I'm just getting started.