I've been a creative person for as long as I can remember and it all started with video. I loved movies as a kid and wanted to become a filmmaker. So in high school I commandeered my mom's point-and-shoot camera to make videos of my friends and I doing trampoline tricks and other shenanigans. Afterwards I would edit these videos in Windows movie maker and this is where I started to discovered my interest in video production. To our detriment, I chose to put all of our content on Yahoo Videos instead of this new website making the rounds called YouTube.
Around this time I also took an “intro to web development” course which clearly had an impact on me. The fact that I could have my own corner of the internet blew my mind. Sometime in 2012 I got this domain name and built my site on Weebly.
After high school I got my first DSLR in order to start making better videos and refining my skills. I didn’t always have video ideas or projects to work on so I got into still photography and that’s when I really started to learn the fundamentals of lighting, framing, lens choice, etc. I still practice photography to this day and can see my work here.
The other pillars of my hobbies is music and audio. The album American Idiot was instrumental in getting me into music. Specifically, the song Holiday - that intro really resonated with me and that’s when I knew I had to learn how to play the guitar. I was never really drawn to the idea of being a ‘rockstar’ per se, I really just wanted to play the songs I liked and eventually record my own music. I’m happy to say that this is one item from my bucket list checked off!
I got started in podcasting in 2019 when I joined InsideTheBoards. I started helping with the two main podcasts, InsideTheBoards, and Study Smarter. In 2020 we created Ars Longa Media to start producing content outside of medical education. One of our first shows was the Covid-19 podcast I produced with Dr. Ted O’Connell. After leaving InsideTheBoards and Ars Longa Media some of us continued our work in the medical education space by starting MedPrepToGo. You can see my full resume here or find me on LinkedIn.
That’s my story so far. Let’s work together so you can be part of the next chapter!