Writing
The first thing I want to address: nothing I accomplished in the last six months would have been possible without Jesus. All my work is for the glory of God.
My journey in kinesiology was filled with uncertainty and, for a long time, a lack of purpose. I chose the pre-med route not because I personally wanted it, but because everyone around me was doing masters and doctorate programs – it felt like the safe path to a stable income. So I followed along: studied hard, joined STEM clubs, chased research opportunities. But deep down, I never wanted this. I was just following a script written by other people.
My grades started slipping. I was neglecting the things I was actually good at. After first year, I knew something had to change – I just didn't know what yet. For the first time, I started taking my faith seriously. Reading the Bible, journalling, praying. And slowly, my real talents started surfacing and pointing me toward work that gave me genuine purpose – purpose to serve others and provide for myself. The first domino was entrepreneurship: basketball coaching, barbering friends, making sales. I loved talking to people. I loved closing.
Come January, I knew I needed to figure out the summer. So I started applying – marketing internships, business operations, whatever seemed relevant. Then, after weeks of scrolling LinkedIn, I found the world I'm in today: startups. High-agency people working extremely hard toward something that matters. And the role that clicked immediately: growth. I had to get a growth role that summer.
So I did everything I could to make it happen, despite a bare-bones resume. I applied to YC startups, local companies, anything in between – cold emails, LinkedIn DMs, relentless outreach. After weeks of that, a YC startup called Mosaic got back to me. It wasn't the posted role – it was more of a partnership: grow this product, we share the upside. And so Clip Studio was born.
The next few months (February through April) were genuinely some of the hardest of my life. Balancing Clip Studio, academics, and networking while being completely new to all of it. My health took a hit – I developed costochondritis, a condition that at its worst can feel like a heart attack. But I kept coming back to one realization: the only way through was straight through. I was in the middle of everything I had prayed for. There was no option but to do the work. Endless cold brews, destroyed sleep schedules, and a lot of painkillers later – it was worth every second. I wouldn't change a thing.
From May onward, I went full throttle on Clip Studio – content, community, affiliate hiring, a sales course, and a complete website redesign using Claude Code. I loved it. But it also became a turning point: I got clear on what I actually wanted. My real passions in this ecosystem narrowed down to two things: sales and outreach, and product design and engineering. I had zero coding background and no formal design training – but I could see that if I learned to not just grow a product but actually ship one, the results would be exponential.
I also noticed my learning curve with Clip Studio flattening. When growth becomes linear, it's a signal to move. So I made the call: take what I built, package it as proof, and go all-in on product engineering. It's a big pivot from kinesiology, I know. But I've started from zero before and made it work. So here I am – building.