Beyond work
What I do when I’m not training models.
Dance
- Competitive ballroom dancer since college, with wins at local competitions.
- ISTD Licentiate in International Latin.
- Rehearsal assistant for BYU Ballroom Showcase Company, running Standard rehearsals.
- Training with a professional coach since 2024.
Music
- Classical piano at performance-program level. I've also taught piano.
- Wrote showdance music for Yegor and Tatiana Novikov, a world-ranked professional Smooth couple. They performed it at the Blackpool Dance Festival in 2025.
- Arranged an a cappella piece that was recorded as a music video.
- Published a piano transcription; 20+ copies sold.
- Sang in BYU Men's Chorus and served as VP of Finance for the A Cappella Club.
- Won a voice competition. I also play classical guitar.
Teaching
- Senior instructor at Juni Learning since 2020, and a trainer on its Instructor Success Team.
- Wrote Juni's on-demand Minecraft digital-logic course, the third most popular on the platform.
Service
- Stake clerk: led a multi-stake boundary proposal affecting about 5,000 members and trained 20+ ward clerks.
- High council: organized temple service projects with 50+ volunteers; financial auditor.
- Sunday School president.
- Temple organist for two years.
Languages
- Spanish and Italian (B2), German and Russian (B1), some Portuguese and French.
Other
- Varsity soccer.
- Played the lead in my high school musical.
- Solve a Rubik's cube in under 20 seconds on average.