I'm an incoming MBA candidate at The Wharton School, an Army veteran with nine years of service as a special forces intelligence officer and an infantry officer, and a passionate enterpriser of the arts! I have always been drawn to the most challenging jobs. I’m a servant leader who thrives on helping others, paying it forward, and going above and beyond with every task. The military has allowed me to gain global experience – two deployments to Afghanistan and four years overseas in Europe – leading multi-functional, diverse teams through challenging problems. Outside of work I am passionate about music and theater, and have been fortunate enough to use my passion to create impact. While running a music publishing company, playing in a band, and songwriting, I raised $26,000 in a fundraising campaign for the Children of Fallen Patriots Foundation. I want to launch “Dog Tag Diaries,” a music therapy non-profit that pairs professional songwriters with veterans during weekend retreats hosted across the U.S. With an MBA from Wharton, I will have the knowledge and skills I lacked while running my publishing company to grow the program and partner with the USO to create an annual showcase event with USO artists that showcase the best songs from our weekend retreats with our participating veterans. I believe I can help my fellow veterans cope and discover why songwriting makes me feel alive: because it is my window back to an overt sense of wonder for the world, allowing me to be uninhibited in my curiosity of what I can create and unhindered by the fear of what I cannot.