More About Me

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I was born a 5th generation Coloradan in Englewood, Colorado way back in 1993. At age 3 my family moved for the first time, something that would become a regular occurrence throughout my life. I have lived on both coasts and many places in between, changing schools 10 times growing up, graduating high school from Lincoln Academy in Newcastle, Maine in 2012. But no matter where I was, every summer I came back to help my grandparents on their ranch in eastern Colorado. Growing up there and listening to my grandparents tell stories of their lives and how things were when they were young taught me a lot about life, and those are the memories that I will cherish forever. 

After being discharged from the Marine Corps I returned to Colorado, working various sales jobs in Colorado Springs but finding myself called away to the ranch more and more as my grandparents aged and my father needed help. Working on that ranch was the best thing that I have ever done, and it was working there that I realized that I had found my American Dream. During this time I also began taking courses at Pikes Peak Community College and became a Precinct Committee Person with the Elbert County Republican Party. In 2019 I ran for the vacancy left by the tragic passing of Representative Kimmi Lewis, and while most people would see a loss as a negative, I loved the opportunity to meet and speak with the people of my district. A few months later in 2020 I decided to enter the arena again and run for a delegate spot to the Republican National Convention, both for my Congressional District and for the state at-large. I ended up earning the spot as first alternate for my Congressional District, and weeks later became the youngest Republican At-Large Delegate elected to the RNC from Colorado.

In the fall of 2021, I was accepted into the Leadership Program of the Rockies for their 2022 class. That fall was also supposed to be my last semester at community college, but life had other plans for me. Around this time my family came down with covid, and while the rest of my family only had flu-like symptoms, mine were worse. A few weeks after I came down with the virus, with my condition worsening, I realized I needed to go into the hospital, but it was almost too late. My lungs had become horribly infected, my blood had turned septic, and many of my internal organs were on the verge of shutting down. The staff at the hospital told me that I was only about a day or two from death, and that they weren't sure that they could do anything for me. I could have gone home then, and waited for nature to take its course. I chose to fight.

The road to recovery was long and arduous. I ended up spending a month in that hospital and had to have one of my lungs operated on to remove the infection. When I was released I needed to carry an oxygen tank and walk with a cane for weeks after, but I pressed on, I wouldn't let this beat me. I was released from the hospital on a Thursday, and was back in class that Monday, finishing 3 of the 5 original classes I had signed up for with a 4.0 GPA. As soon as I was able, I got back to work on the ranch too, I couldn't throw hay or run cows just yet, but I did anything that I could, pushing a little more each day. I continued on with my LPR class as well, completing that and finishing my remaining courses the next semester (also with a 4.0) graduating Magna Cum Laude from PPCC in the spring of 2022. I currently attend the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, VA where I am studying history. My goal once I am finished here is to return home to Colorado and serve the people of my community in the Colorado House of Representatives.