Engineer. Builder.First-Generation Story.
From breaking apart toys as a child to building systems at global scale — this is a journey driven by curiosity, resilience, and purpose.
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Where It All Started.
Loved taking apart toys to understand how things work — not to break them, but to learn.
A natural curiosity for systems and mechanics that couldn't be contained by a classroom.
Learned by breaking and rebuilding — every failure was a lesson in disguise.
First-Generation Path.
First-generation American with a Haitian background. First in my family to graduate high school. No traditional college path — shaped by financial and academic limitations that became fuel, not barriers.
A non-traditional path doesn't mean an unsuccessful one.
Finding My Way Into Tech.
Career Journey.
Help Desk Technician
2002 — Where it began
System Administrator
Growing into systems
Systems Engineer
2013 — Joined Twitter
Senior Engineer
Leading critical infrastructure
Sr. Staff Site Reliability Engineer
9 years at Twitter
Operating at Scale.
Site Reliability
Specialized in keeping the systems powering hundreds of millions of users online under any conditions.
Distributed Systems
Focused on distributed infrastructure — the backbone of every modern platform.
Hyperscale
Worked on systems that cannot fail — where a single outage is measured in seconds and millions.
Representation Matters.
One of few Black engineers to reach Staff Engineer level at a major tech company. In rooms where representation was rare, presence became a statement.
Observed firsthand the lack of diversity in tech — and developed a strong belief that opportunity should be accessible to everyone, regardless of background.
Why I Do This.
Help underrepresented communities break into tech.
Create access to real tech careers and mentorship.
Share real-world guidance from lived experience.
#TheTechHustle.
A platform focused on helping the next generation of engineers build skills, mindset, and access — for the culture, by the culture.
Mentorship
Guiding the next wave of engineers.
Coaching
Teaching real-world technical skills.
Opportunity
Mindset + skills + access.
If I can succeed in tech without a traditional path — so can you.