My Work

The work,
and the why.

A mix of very different jobs, but a common thread: each one came down to solving a real problem for the people involved. Here's what each role actually involved.

  1. March — May 2026 · Houston, TX

    Contract Full-Stack Developer

    Mares Manor Urban Farm Foundation

    • Designed and shipped the full six-page website for a nonprofit urban farm — a place for people to learn about them, donate, and sign up to volunteer. Start to finish, on my own.
    • Handled the parts that matter when people share money and contact info: secure donations through Stripe, server-side validation and input sanitization on every form, anti-bot protection, and safeguards for donor data.
    • Built it mobile-first, since that's where most visitors open it — tuned until it scored 100/100 across the board on Lighthouse: performance, accessibility, best practices, and SEO.

    Next.js · React · Tailwind CSS · Stripe

  2. January 2026 — Present · Houston, TX

    Software Developer & IT Systems Administrator

    Texas Combat Sports (contract) · Roku Platform

    • Built and run the production Roku TV channel for a combat-sports promotion, streaming events live and on demand to viewers' TVs — 2,000+ concurrent viewers on a card, at sub‑500 ms latency.
    • Own the live-stream infrastructure and network reliability: monitoring latency, connectivity, and availability during events, holding 99.9% uptime. Dropped or laggy video is the quickest way to lose live-sports viewers.
    • Built a serverless AWS Lambda media pipeline that automates processing and metadata workflows, so new videos and live events publish with their thumbnails and details automatically — used across 10+ live events instead of being entered by hand.

    BrightScript · SceneGraph · AWS (S3, CloudFront, Lambda, IVS) · live streaming

  3. October 2025 — Present · Houston, TX

    Technical Instructor & Systems Administrator

    Northwest Educational Center

    • Sole IT administrator for the campus — 100+ devices, the network, and whatever technical problem comes up that day, from setup and updates to things breaking mid-class.
    • Administer the Blackboard LMS end to end: creating student accounts, configuring courses, managing access, and supporting staff and students who get stuck.
    • Have taught 200+ students in Computer Applications and Keyboarding — Microsoft 365, AI literacy, cybersecurity fundamentals, and HIPAA practices — breaking concepts down until they click.
    • Built a check‑in system for a large community event that tracked thousands of items and moved people through in minutes instead of hours.

    Teaching · IT & networks · Blackboard LMS · Microsoft 365 · problem‑solving

  4. August 2024 — December 2025 · Houston, TX

    Cashier · Meat Market · Stocking

    H‑E‑B

    • Ran the front end as a cashier — quick, friendly checkouts and keeping the line moving when the store got slammed.
    • Worked the meat market cutting and prepping product, where freshness and getting it right really matter.
    • Stocked and faced shelves so the store stayed full and easy to shop, and jumped between departments wherever the team needed an extra hand.

    Customer service · teamwork · reliability

  5. June — August 2024 · Tomball, TX

    Manager

    UbreakIfix

    • Managed a device-repair shop, focused on fixing phones and computers right the first time and getting them back to customers quickly.
    • Did the repairs myself too — computers, phones, tablets and other consumer electronics: hardware and software troubleshooting, component replacement, data recovery, and device setup.
    • Led the team day to day and reorganized the repair workflow, cutting average turnaround time by 15% and shrink by 30% while keeping customers happy.

    Team leadership · operations · hardware repair · customer service

  6. June 2022 — September 2024 · Houston, TX

    Student Service Specialist III

    Lone Star College

    • I was the first face students saw — pointing them where they needed to go and helping with whatever school matter landed at the desk.
    • Advised students on majors and classes, helping them sort out a path that actually fit where they wanted to end up.
    • Handled confidential student information carefully, staying compliant with FERPA privacy rules every step of the way.

    Student advising · front-desk support · FERPA / privacy

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The personal projects, too.