life

0-12 (2002-2014)
born on guam. rock band at 6 with my dad shaped my love for music. normal childhood.

13-14 (2015-2016) • philosophy awakens
existential crisis. discovered philosophy. questioned everything descartes-style. couldn't do homework because nothing mattered more than finding truth. wrote my first song for high school songfest.

18 (2020) • music & covid
graduated high school. spent 3 months writing and producing music. covid hit. kpop took over the house. started working at family business (international distributors). saved 10k through work + investing.

19-20 (2021-2022) • searching
tried real estate (scam). tried zoom college (sucked). discovered coding. self-taught with 100 days of code. built comparrow productivity tool. applied to app academy bootcamp.

21 (2023) • technology pivot
moved to sf for coding bootcamp. lived in 908 coliving. chatgpt launched. tech markets crashed. spent a year job hunting. lived with my dad through rough times.

22 (2024) • societies & building
gpa energy internship (automated excel processes from 2h → 2min). started anchormarianas.com. flew to singapore for don't die summit + network state conference. snuck into balaji's network school in malaysia. got accepted to ns.com. first thing in tech that accepted me.

23 (2025) • now
living at ns.com for 8 months (2nd longtermer, 1 year commitment). building eign.xyz with suneddie. writing essays. making music. figuring it out.

🎵 music: rock band → songfest → producing → soundcloud

🤔 philosophy: existential crisis → meaning crisis → john vervaeke

💻 technology: coding → bootcamp → indiehacking → eign.xyz

🏛️ societies: network state → ns.com → building new worlds

🧬 longevity: don't die summit → bryan johnson → optimizing life