I've run organizations on duct tape. Now I build infrastructure that actually works.

I didn't start in tech. I started in the field—literally on the ground in communities recovering from disasters. For eight years, I led a national nonprofit focused on community healing, building programs from scratch with limited resources and even more limited systems.

I inherited databases that made no sense. I managed volunteer programs tracked in spreadsheets that crashed. I pulled all-nighters before grant reports because our data lived in six different places. I know what it feels like when your tools fight you instead of help you.

Eventually, I got tired of the chaos. I taught myself Salesforce. Then automation. Then integrations. I rebuilt our systems piece by piece until they actually worked—and I realized this was the work I wanted to do for others.

Now I help mission-driven organizations build the infrastructure I wish I'd had. Not because systems are exciting (though I've grown to love them), but because good systems mean more time for the work that actually matters.