About Me

General Background

- I was born in Frederick, MD and have lived throughout Maryland and D.C. most of my life. (with occasional extended summers in Florida.)

- I moved to Texas in May 2010.
- I currently live in Seabrook, TX (just outside Houston.)
- I attended Hood College in Frederick, MD. I received an economics B.A., minor in mathematics in 2008. Read more about my qualifications here.
- I studied at a sister school in Seoul, ROK for a semester during my undergraduate studies.
- My degree concentration focuses on Global Economics and I did undergraduate research on the correlation of woman's access to family planning and the effect it has on earnings potential in a lifetime.

- I currently work for the Houston Press, a subsidiary of Village Voice Holding, LLC.

Interests

Personal Finance
I am a huge stock buff, following the market closely. I am a value / GARP investor, with a large emphasis on dividend producing stocks. I look only to long-term trends rather than the “must-have” or “hot” now commodities. Naturally, with a focus on dividends I look at a lot of utilities, oil and gas, pharamcueticals and consumer goods companies.

The Great Outdoors

Of the many things I love to do outdoors the two I'm able to do most often are fishing and sailing. Living on the water here in Seabrook, I have direct access to Clearlake and the Galveston Bay. To date, I haven't caught any thing worth really mentioning, but I love being outside with a rod and reel in my hand. Waiting for when I do catch the 'big one'. Also, when I am able on the weekends, Ideckhand on a 58ft ketch called 'Windsong'. Eventually, I may go for my 100ton Captains License. The ultimate dream would be to own my own sailboat and take some time off to cruise the world.

Travel

I also have traveled to about a dozen countries through the world. As I mentioned above, I studied abroad in Seoul during the summer between my junior and senior year of undergraduate college. Not only was it interesting to be in a completely foreign and non-Western country for so long, I also was able to gain some incredible first-hand insight into the Korean Peninsula (North-South) dispute. One of the many culture tours we went on was to the DMZ (De-Militarized Zone) on the 38^th parallel.

I have been to four of the seven continents of the world, those being North America, South America, Europe and Asia. I will eventually get to the other three when time and money permits. I don’t plan to limit my travel any time soon, however my current position has kept me pretty fixed in Maryland for the last two years, with only occasional leisure trips during that time period.

Abstract and Modern Art

When I lived in Washington, DC it allowed me the incredible opportunity to visit many of the best museums in the world! I frequently went to the National Gallery of Art, the National Portrait Galley and the Hirshhorn on weekends or days off. I also paint at home. I do some traditional paintings of what I see in front of me, however I enjoy creating art that has no other purpose then the act of the creating the art. In addition to these hobbies, I have recently started to collect stamps and coins.

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