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I'm a CFI based in Houston, Texas, and I've been obsessed with flying since I was a kid. While other kids had toy trains, I had model airplanes. Before I could even fly myself, I'd spend hours at the local airport with my grandfather, watching planes and imagining what it'd be like to be the one at the controls.
At 13, I finally wore my parents down enough to let me attend ground school at our local airport. That was it for me. The classes just intensified everything I already felt about aviation. Two years later, when I was 15, my parents surprised me with a discovery flight, and honestly, that was the moment everything changed. I haven't stopped flying since.
I soloed at 16 and got my Private Pilot license just after turning 17. My parents helped me buy my first plane, a 1974 Cessna 182 Skylane, and I flew it all the way from Visalia, California back to Houston. A few months later, with help from my amazing Instructor, I earned my Instrument Rating. I got my Commercial license shortly after my 18th birthday, and then became a CFI just two weeks after graduating high school.
Right now I'm at Texas A&M's Mays School of Business, majoring in Finance in the Business Honors program. Along the way, I've picked up my tailwheel endorsement, done aerobatic training, flown old crop dusters, and towed gliders. Each of those experiences shaped who I am as a pilot and instructor. I'm always learning, always flying, and always excited to help the next generation fall in love with aviation the way I did.