Photo featured in North Cascades' National Park Map

So two summers ago I had the privilege of working as a staff photographer in North Cascades National Park and they recently redid the park map to highlight some of the new photography myself and others have contributed to the park's library in recent years. Two of my photos made the final cut, one panoramic photo looking off of the trail near the top of Sourdough Mountain and one featuring a friendly little critter known as the hoary marmot. A scanned copy of the map is below as well as the original photos. After visiting so many of the national parks on the west coast, it means a great deal to me to give something back. Enjoy!

PDF Scanned Copy

Original Photos

View from Sourdough Mountain

Hoary Marmot

Staffing at Stanford in Otero

While I decided and interviewed for the position last year, this is the first year that I have been a staff member in a dorm at Stanford. I am currently the Resident Writing Tutor in Otero in Wilbur Hall and so far it has been a blast. The freshman are incredible and put my class to shame. Going on band run and to football games has been just as much fun as during my freshman year. My other staff members have been pretty incredible as well and is a testament to how Stanford chooses its staff. Looking forward to continuing a great year!

Summer 2011 - My Time on the Buy Side at SKIRITAI Capital

So this past summer, in addition to running a marathon, I also had a day job. Ever since I started watching bloomberg in 5th grade, I have wanted to at least try my hand at investing professionally. I was extremely fortunate to land a job at a long/short hedge fund in San Francisco called Skiritai Capital. It was a fantastic experience building excel models, examining 10K's, and trying to create value for fundholders each and every day. I researched over 55 different positions in my time there: from oil refiners to headphone makers, the variety was pretty incredible. The quantitative and qualitative crash course I received from the team at SKIRITAI I will be forever grateful for. Thanks also go out to all the individuals on the sell side, who not only humored an inexperience kid from Stanford asking them questions, but offered their help and guidance whenever needed. This past summer was truly fantastic. Thanks again to everyone who was a part of it. Already looking forward to what next summer will bring!