The day after my high school graduation I started working full time for an A/V integrator company called JNE Productions. I had wanted to go away for college, but God had a specific plan for my life! At JNE, I was able to use skills I learned from my Mechanical Engineering classes from Warren Central’s Walker Career Center, how to manage time, how to hustle, how to bring my best in every step I take, and so much more. I got to travel the country installing gear for hundreds of churches, including Loud Speaker Systems, Cameras, Projectors, LED Walls, Intelligent Lighting Systems; we also were involved with many construction elements with building stages, redesigning old spaces for new life, building custom stage sets—really anything to help a church accomplish its mission!

Not only did JNE give me 3 years of hands on experience and insight, it gave me the value of great leadership. My boss, Jon Cawston, poured in to me in ways I never knew I needed. He was the first person In my life that thoroughly taught me, encouraged me, challenged me, empowered me, and simply believed in me. My first spiritual father. His heart for the Church marked me, and it is infused in thousands of churches across the world.

Something in me knew it was time. In 2021, I began my journey working at Caring.Place. Born and raised on the East Side of Indy, I have a soft spot for this community and I truly believe there is so much in store for every person. Where most people see a ghetto, with shootings every week and poverty flooding the streets—I see a people hungry for answers, hungry for loving community. I truly believe with everything inside of me that Caring.Place is God’s chosen house for East Side of Indy and beyond. It takes people who are willing—people who are hungry for an encounter with Jesus!