Safety has always been my baseline. After more than a decade as a project manager and years of wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, and teaching self-defense, I turned my focus to firearms in 2025 as the world grew more uncertain. Like most new shooters, I found the process overwhelming at first—but I broke it down, studied deeply, and trained until handling a firearm felt natural. That dedication to learning, and to making the complicated simple, is what I bring to my students.