About me

In the fall of 2021, I was in my 4th year as a classroom teacher. I had just earned my permanent contract -- a dream for any young educator, but I was left feeling like I had no control over my career.

While teaching, I was also running a tech support side business I called Tech Teacher. I had a knack for technical problems, and enjoyed solving them. As my love for the space grew, I made the difficult choice to take a leave from teaching and pursue an opportunity in tech.

In October, only a couple months after accepting my contract, I was enrolled in a coding bootcamp in Toronto - Lighthouse Labs. There I learned how little I actually knew, and how much more there was to explore. The days were long, the lessons moved quickly, and the assignments were plentiful. By the end of January 2022, I had graduated with so many more tools in my belt. Shortly after, in February of 2022, I was given an opportunity to work for Pathways To Education, a national non-profit serving kids in low socio-eoconmic areas across Canada, as a Junior Software Developer. It felt like the perfect bridge between my previous career and my future career.

I spent 2 years working at Pathways before moving to my current role as a Software Developer at Scotiabank, where I'm a part of a team working on modernizing the automotive finance business applications.