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I was born in Lancaster, CA and subsequently grew up in
near-by Palmdale on the East Side. I attended Wildflower Elementary
School and
Mesa Intermediate School until my family and I moved to the West Side
to attend
Highland for high school. Up until this time,
I never made school one of my main
priorities. I always preferred going outside to skateboard or spend
countless
hours drawing in my room. While I didn't focus on school, I
nevertheless
received satisfactory grades. During high school,
I became a lot more focused and really
strived to excel in my classes. Although my freshman year I received
only a 3.0
GPA overall, I consistently improved over the years and ended my senior
year
with straight A's in five AP classes and received the title of
valedictorian
with a GPA of 4.7. Aside from my scholastic accomplishments, I also continued to excel in the things that I loved: skateboarding and art. Up until the age of 17, I was sponsored by Pharmacy Skate Shop to skateboard for their B Team. I also received many award for my art and eventually received a scholarship/grant my senior year to pursue art. I'm now a student at
Brigham Young University
and my life has gone around many corners. Originally, I wanted to
utilize my
artistic skills and go into graphic design or architectural studies.
Believing
that the job market would not be fair for these fields, I decided to
follow
electrical engineering and utilize my quantitative abilities in that
field.
After having changed my mind many times, I'm now pursuing a double
degree in
business with an emphasis in finance (specifically, investments) and
mathematics. I'm also pursuing a minor in actuarial science. I really enjoy learning about the stock
market and spend many hours doing my own research on stocks and other
asset classes. Actually, I first started being interested in the stock
market since I was 12 when I saw my dad researching his own stocks on
our home computer. I now do my own trading and am the president and
founder of BYU Sales & Trading, a club that I made in order to meet
the intersts of those who have the same interests as me. My overall plans
for the future consist of me working as a
portfolio manager for a top asset management firm or a prop trader for
either
an investment bank or prop shop. I enjoy the energy industry, foreign
exchange,
emerging markets, and technology.
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