Currently the Curator (President) of the Global Shapers Austin Hub. Global Shapers is an initiative of the World Economic Forum, bringing together young people focused on local and global impact and social change. We are always looking for new members :)

Geneva, Prague, Mont Blanc, and Lyon are next on my list (July 2024). Recommendations needed!

Currently hosting "Twenty-something" a monthly series at Soho House Austin for young creatives to find community through personal and professional development. We meet on the last Monday of every month, hmu for an invite!

Also starting up Austin Ruck Club - come sweat with us!

What I've been into recently:

Books

- Trust Me I'm Lying - Ryan Holiday's first book and a great read for anyone curious about media or wanting to sell anything online. 

- Slow Productivity - A refreshing reprieve from hustle culture from one of my favorite business authors, Cal Newport.

- The Ender's Game series - Yes I read all 5 books, they are freaking awesome.

- The Comfort Crisis - Really great story telling molded with a prescription for learning how to do hard things.

- Shadow Divers - Super cool book about discovering an unidentified U-Boat off the coast of New Jersey. Deep sea diving now terrifies me.

Movies

- Civil War - Eerily familiar and cautiously correct. Not for the faint of heart.

- Dune 2 - Read the book, watch the first one, watch this one. See it in IMAX.

- A Beautiful Mind - took me way too long to watch this movie. Russel Crowe kills it and the plot twist is epic.

Media

- In Good Company - interviews with CEOs from the world's largest companies.

- Bert Kreischer - the funniest live comedy I’ve ever seen. Biggest takeaway: “You hang out with bad mother f-ers, you become a bad mother f-er." Stay tuned for his new special dropping soon.

- Hamilton soundtrack - My go-to for long plane/car trips. Two things always stick out. 1. The amount of influence Hamilton actually had on the birth of our country's most important institutions. 2. Lin Manuel Miranda’s writing/dialogue. So impressive.

-Bleachers - Live in Austin and Houston - Yes, I saw them twice on back-to-back nights. These guys know how to put on a show and Jack Antonoff is a genius.