I am currently working in the field of cybersecurity with an emphasis on big data, event correlation, and risk management. In the next year, I’m looking to acquire the CISSP.I received an undergraduate degree in history and political science from the University of Minnesota: Twin Cities in 2008. I then served as a math and reading tutor in the City of Lakes Americorps program and developed an interest in social justice and the law.I received my law degree at Hamline University in 2013. I started by focusing on juvenile and criminal law. However, I quickly developed an interest in tax, business, contract, and bankruptcy law. During school, I worked as a criminal law clerk, tax law clerk, and as an intern for a Minnesota Appellate Court Judge. I also wrote the Tax Notes Section for the Minnesota Bench and Bar Magazine, as well as wrote for the Hamline Law Review.Following law school, I served as a law clerk for a federal bankruptcy judge. In that position, I learned to navigate the federal court system, communicate with attorneys, and write legal motions and memorandum. I also helped produce educational materials for legal education events and wrote entries for legal reference books. Finally, I had an academic article published in the Hamline Law Review.After completing my time with the court, I saw an opportunity to use the research and management skills I had acquired in law in the technology field. I began a master’s program in software engineering and started work as a systems manager. During that time, I branched into security, was promoted to a cybersecurity role, and completed my master’s degree.As a cybersecurity analyst, I used my legal experience to better understand a manage risk, performing assessments of vulnerability management and SIEM solutions. I have also spent a great deal of time working to transition on-premise security practices to the cloud environment. After a period of focusing on monitoring and alerting, I was promoted to the manager of my company's SIEM and Log Management team. In that role I focused on empowering people and enabling them to make decisions that were best for our team. I also prioritized improving the reliability of our log-delivery infrastructure to ensure the company's security controls remained functional.After a year managing a the SIEM and Log Management team, I moved to managing a security operations center. In this role, I took a wholistic look at the work the team was doing and prioritized improving its core functions.