// cybersecurity student @ SWOSU, class of 2028
Cybersecurity student at Southwestern Oklahoma State University (B.S. expected 2028) focused on offensive security. I compete in the National Cyber League, where I placed in the 83rd percentile nationally and the top 10% in open source intelligence. I also build what I study: a portable ESP32 wireless testing tool, an end-to-end encrypted chat application, and a home pentesting lab. Currently working toward CompTIA A+, ISC2 CC and PenTest+, and looking for a year-round internship.
My first cybersecurity build: a portable, battery-powered Marauder using a CYD touchscreen ESP32 running Bruce firmware. It can scan nearby Wi-Fi networks, run evil portal demonstrations (shown below), scan Bluetooth devices, emulate a Bluetooth keyboard, and perform Bluetooth spam testing, plus several other wireless security testing features. The whole thing needs no soldering, so every component can be reused for future builds and experiments.
Left to right: Wi-Fi scanning menu, captured evil portal page, and the Evil Portal module running live.
A boss-rush arcade game I wrote from scratch in Python with pygame for my Coding Odyssey course: sprite animation, collision detection, and the game loop all written by hand. It has five boss types with distinct attack patterns, a triple-shot juggernaut, a hive mother that summons orbiting minions, a teleporter, a laser core that charges a lock-on beam, and a bomber with wide-radius explosives, plus escalating alien waves and a boss every fifth level. Browsers cannot run Python directly, so I ported the game logic to JavaScript and canvas to make it playable here without installing anything.
Left to right: the main menu, an alien wave on level 3, and the Juggernaut boss fight.
A native Android app in Kotlin and Jetpack Compose that redirects doom-scrolling into scripture reading. You choose which apps to lock; opening one raises a verse instead. Reading verses earns minutes into a shared time bank that those apps then spend, and an optional accountability partner is notified if protection is disabled or bypassed. The interesting engineering is in the constraints: foreground detection polls UsageStatsManager rather than using an AccessibilityService, because Google restricts that API to genuine accessibility use and app-locking is a fast route to a Play Store rejection. That trade costs a one second worst-case detection window. Uninstall protection is a device admin registration, and the pure logic is split out from the Android framework so it can be unit tested, currently 75 tests passing.
Left to right: the home screen with the time bank, choosing how much to read and what it earns, and reading stats with the translation picker.
Building a home lab with Kali Linux and vulnerable VMs to practice enumeration, exploitation, and packet analysis with Wireshark. Documentation is in progress.
Working through TryHackMe learning paths covering networking fundamentals, Linux, and offensive security basics. Writeups coming as I go.
Real-time encrypted chat for up to 8 users, with peer-to-peer WebRTC voice. Built on Node.js and Socket.io using the browser's native Web Crypto API, no crypto libraries. Per-pair ECDH key exchange with HKDF ratchets gives every message a fresh key, and the server only ever relays ciphertext.
A game project written in C++ for spring 2025, covering memory management and object-oriented design.
NCL is a national CTF competition scored across nine cybersecurity skill categories and verified by Cyber Skyline. In Spring 2025 I competed in both the Individual and Team games, finishing in the 83rd percentile nationally with top-10% results in open source intelligence.
Certificates of participation for the NCL Spring 2025 Individual and Team games. Click to enlarge.
I treat AI as a core component of a modern security skill set rather than a shortcut. I use it daily to work faster while critically evaluating what it produces, and I study it as an attack surface in its own right.
NCL Competition
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
TJX, Yukon, OK
Yukon, OK
High school competitive teams
I'm seeking a year-round cybersecurity internship where I can apply what I'm learning and gain real-world experience. I'm looking for something that runs alongside my coursework: part-time hours during the semester and full availability over breaks, so I can contribute consistently while I finish my degree.