I was born in New York, but I moved to New Zealand when I was very young. There, I grew up in Auckland, New Zealand's largest city. I went to Kristin School.

I'm currently attending college at Stanford University in the United States, where I'm majoring in Computer Science.

During my free time, I like to make computer programs, and go steam tunneling. There are probably other things too, but those are the two most important ones. During my procrastination time (which is equally important, given that the vast majority of my "free time" falls under this category), I like to play ping pong, pretend to be a master at Super Mario Brothers, and browse the Internet. My favourite sites of procrastination are CNet News, Wikipedia, Airliners.net (don't ask, seriously), the NZ Herald, CNN, and Reddit .