As I have worked towards a Bachelors degree in Computer Science at BYU-Idaho, I have gained a passion for learning and writing software. I was fortunate to work on campus as a reports and systems engineer for the BYU-Idaho Support Center where I first learned how to apply class material to real life scenarios. This is also where I learned that not everything is a 1 or 0, there are tough system design decisions to make in industry. I gained real software experience here, modifying and developing systems in Java. The experiences I had at the BYU-Idaho Support Center helped me land a Computer Science Internship with the 309th SWEG at Hill, AFB. Software Risk Management is the focus that I have been a part of within the 309th SWEG. I have gained more independent skills as the projects are much more open ended than those at BYU-Idaho. I learned that persistency is key to achieve any meaningful goal. I have gained experience in C++, C#, as I have added to open source and proprietary projects.