Born and raised in Michigan, I have always had a passion for video games. I have known that I want to make them ever since I was a little boy after purchasing my first video game in 2007, Halo 3. As I was looking for schools after high school graduation, I found out the closest public university was top 15 in the nation for Game Design and Development according to the Princeton Review. And that's when I attended Ferris State University with their Digital Animation and Game Design program. This program taught me the art pipeline in games today. While taking 3D art classes I decided to take game programming classes. While trying to find my place in the industry, trying to decide between game art or game development I found my heart lies with gameplay programming. And that is what I plan to spend my career doing.