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Beginning of High School
Started high school at the Snohomish Freshman Campus. -
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High school through College
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Transferred to AMHS
After having a hard time dealing with the academics and social life at Snohomish High School, I transferred to Archbishop Murphy High School to finish out my high school education. -
Expedition in Switzerland
Went on my father/son vacation with my dad where we biked across the Western area of Switzerland. We stayed in various hotels, campsites, and B&B's. Great bonding trip, snowboarded on the Matterhorn, and went through the United Nations in Geneva. -
Jaw surgery
Had a corrective jaw surgery to fix my slight overbite. Was on painkillers and had to eat blended food for about a month and a half. Biggest pain EVER! -
Start of job at Jiffy Lube
Per recommendation by my stepmom, I applied to a local automotive maintenance shop. Throughout the next 9 months, I was promoted from customer service to mechanic and finally management. -
Bought Integra
Due to parental concern for my safety, they encouraged me to sell my CRX and get an Integra. Ironically, this turned out to be a more dangerous car. -
Trip to Hawaii
For my senior trip, my mom and stepdad brought me to the big island of Hawaii, where we stayed in Kona. What a blast! -
Start of job at Sherwin Williams Automotive
Got a job offer paying a good amount more than I was making at Jiffy Lube, so I left and worked here for the summer prior to leaving for college. -
Street racing incident
Arrested en route to a street racing event for speeding on I-5. -
Started university studies at SPU
Began my university education at Seattle Pacific University. Initially intended to study pre-medicine. -
Changed major: Business (Human Resources)
After taking a microeconomics course, I fell in love with business and thought that since I liked to "work with people," human resources was for me. -
Speeding charges settled
After months of dealing with lawyers and court, finally had my case dropped to a speeding ticket. What a hassle, and embarrassing! -
Internship at Make A Wish
To get some business experience, I applied to the Make A Wish Foundation and spent about 9 months working in corporate development. This was located in Downtown Seattle, and I lived on Queen Anne with 9 other guys. -
Internship at Alaska Airlines
To see if accounting was really for me, I applied to Alaska Airlines as an internal auditor. While here, I worked in Sarbanes-Oxley internal audit and assisted in the auditing of financial reporting companywide. -
Spring break in New Zealand
Spent a week in southern New Zealand with my mom, stepdad, stepbrother, and oldest brother. We traveled throughout Otago, and I got a chance to go bungee jumping 450 feet into a canyon at Nevis bungy. -
Vegas with Jens
My brother excelled in his position at TMobile and was recognized as the top 1% of his company. He won a three day all expense paid trip to Las Vegas, and he invited me! It was a great trip. -
Internship at KPMG
After an extremely competitive interview process, I was offered an internship at KPMG. While here, I will be performing audits for large companies, primarily throughout Washington state. -
Trekking across UK
Will be spending a month backpacking across England, Scotland, and Ireland with my good friend David. We plan to stay in hostels, and on various couches of people we met on Couchsurfing.com.
