I was born in Pittsburgh but spent most of my childhood outside of Cleveland. My family has been in the process of becoming more traditional (religiously) over the past ten years or so. Besides religion, I also tend to be fairly politically active (lobbying my congresspeople on important bills) and also artistic (I spent a couple of years focused on ceramics and sculpture and more recently have taken up computer graphics and canvas painting with acrylics). Ultimately though, I’m focusing on neuroscience academically. I’m not positive about what I want to do in the field yet, but right now my plan is to become involved in neuroprosthetics.