• selected to be one of 75 participants in a fellowship in Tel Aviv, Israel, studying design and rapid prototyping• won the Hackathon with a relapse prevention app for opioid addiction-The TAVtech Fellowship is a selective, four-week educational program based in Tel Aviv. Through an intensive curriculum and wealth of cultural and professional experiences, our Fellows are able to broaden their understanding of software development in a global setting. Fellows have the opportunity to meet with Israel’s top entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and successful business leaders to gain perspective from some of the Start-Up Nation’s most talented individuals.

served as a mountain infantry soldier as part of the mandatory military serviceelected representative of all conscripts in the barracks