Currently a graduate of The University of Hartford, I have degrees in architectural engineering technology and business management. Throughout my studies historic renovation and reuse have been prevalent subjects in my designs. Having studied abroad in the spring of 2012 at the Institute at Palazzo Rucellai in Florence Italy, the experience has shaped my perception of architecture as a whole, including urban planning and historic preservation. The classes there tremendously helped to broaden my understandings of the built environment and what architecture means to different cultures. Inspiration from my abroad experience lead me to take historical preservation courses this past summer during which I completed a national register form for a greek revival baptist church in Sullivan County New York. Towards the end of my career at The University of Hartford, I put most of my focus into my final thesis project for which I designed the global headquarters for the Ronald McDonald House Charities. The project was an adaptive reuse for the Divine Lorraine Hotel on North Broad Street in Philadelphia, so I worked closely with the national parks service to derive the nomination forms and with the current Ronald McDonald House in Philadelphia to understand functional operations. My favorite aspect of this project was creating a space that fits into the contemporary users' context while saving an architectural treasure of the past. This combination of architectural design and historic preservation is my one of my true passions and is what I will continue to study in masters program at Columbia University.