Share something that most of us don’t know about you. I’ll go first: I’ve worn hearing aids since I was 14 (if I had my time again I’d have got them sooner)
I have 65 brothers and sisters? My parents were foster carers.
We moved to a different country every 3 years while I was growing up. Before I was 18 I lived in India, Denmark, Malawi, Saudi Arabia, The Philippines, and then Canada. My folks also moved on to live in Ethiopia and then Brazil, where I visited often.
i was a touring musician for 3 years before going fulltime into tech. played over 600 gigs in that time, most of the time on bass and sometimes drums.
At 15, I came to the states to live with my dad from a big European city to middle of nowhere Chicago suburb. My dad remarried a year before and was building a family. The school I went to here was huge (5k+ kids compared to ~300). Lots of shocks in a very short period of time.
I used to be a wedding planner & officiant. I’ve officiated probably over 100 weddings.
I cofounded and raised at rocketr.net with a ceo whom I have never met nor seen an image of
I was a volleyball champion while stationed in Djibouti, Africa.
I ran the first Belgian waffle food truck on the West Coast to accept Dogecoin as a payment method
I love wild camping. Getting away from people is great. Love humans but at times ....
I performed at CBGB as a child the year before it closed
I’m a first-generation American, the son of a resettled refugee, the second person in my family to get a Bachelor’s degree, and the only person in my family with a Master’s degree.
I’m a new parent and its changed my entire life. Everything I’m about to do and unveil is for her and her generation. Baby eyes really got me like ❤️🫠
I went to culinary school while running a semi successful esports team that i self funded with my lifeguarding job at the age of 18.
I played basketball for 8 years, 3 of those representing my high school at state comps. I broke my wrist pretty bad and had to stop playing 🏀
I knit hats and give them to my friends. Revelry anyone?
I survived an airline incident a few years ago involving a fire in the cockpit 2.5 hours into a non-stop red-eye flight from New York to Rome. Didn’t think I was gonna make it and experienced a panic attack during the emergency landing attempt
I've been practicing Tai Chi for over 4 years now as part of my personal recovery journey and started volunteer teaching it 3 months ago. Feeds my soul