I am a graduate of the University of Tennessee Knoxville. The stimulating, scholarly environment within the program has allowed me to grow as a person and in design. Architecture is ever evolving into a new iteration of life. The designers who influence this change are innovators of time. My interest in the vast domain of architecture is in the realm of social service. Growing up in a small town in Tennessee, my parents always expressed the need to be charitable to those who have less then you. I have three adopted siblings that have shaped my personality over the years. The humble nature of opening your home, heart, and mind to three new people is one that as a young child I processed. I believe that seeing the effects of social service in my home, I have formed a interest in the challenge of Architecture to form and inform the social world.