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Island 03 of 07 · Santa Barbara, California · 2022–2026

UCSB

Economics, a semester in Madrid, and friends I got lucky with.

Class of 2026. Lucky to have great friends.
Class of 2026. Lucky to have great friends.

I studied economics at UC Santa Barbara, class of 2026. I took many different finance, business, entrepreneurship, and economic theory classes.

In fall 2024 I did a semester abroad in Madrid and used it to see as much of Europe as I could. It was eye-opening.

The plan had been to work with my brother after graduation. The summer before my last year, I decided to go a different direction first, and that one decision set up everything that came after.