Learning how people who care turn that into action... So that I can help them.

I'm of the opinion that everyone -- no matter the color of their skin or their national origin or socioeconomic status or any other thing -- deserves the opportunity to learn. I also think that education is the single biggest thing that can help make this happen.  So, I figured I'd take some of those fancy skills I got in the Navy as a language and intelligence analyst and use them to help folks get smart. Now, I'm doing my own small part to make that happen.

Here's what's up: I'm currently researching how we can use the Internet to bring quality educational materials to folks who are otherwise under-served -- culturally, politically, technologically, etc... I'll be using this research to help tailor my graduate education in (probably but maybe not) Data Science, starting Fall 2015.

I'm traveling around North America and Europe, interviewing folks who care just as passionately as I do (or, shoot, maybe even more) about everyone getting the education they deserve -- so that I can figure out how I can help them the most when I go get that fancy graduate education. I then take these interviews, clean them up, and put them on YouTube under a Creative Commons license because information shared is information that can be put to good use.

My graduate education is going to be mostly free because I was in the Navy, and so I want to maximize the HECK out of it and get the biggest return on (taxpayers') investment possible. Going into grad school with a solid foundational understanding of the online education environment helps enable that.

Your support helps make sure I can put out the best videos I can -- either through upgrading from a GoPro to a legit DSLR, helping recoup the cost of my subscription to Adobe Creative Cloud, or through just spending a day and night in a hotel with decent internet, editing for hours at a time with a cup of coffee by my side.