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How I got here
2008
The start
Chipotle
Dishwasher at 19. Stayed ten years and worked every position up to multi-unit district manager. My favorite job: opening new restaurants and training brand-new crews to standard by day one.
2018
Coffee, part one
Starbucks
Store manager. Learned speed, consistency, and how much it matters to know a regular's name.
2020
Coffee, part two
Better Buzz
Store manager for a fast-growing San Diego coffee brand. Confirmed permanently that I am a coffee person.
2022
The classroom
SJVA, culinary teacher
Director of Culinary Arts at a K-12 school. Built the program from an empty kitchen to 400 students, a student-run cafe, and a ProStart competition team.
Now
Full circle
Baskin-Robbins
Testing and Execution. I started on the line. Now I get to make sure what we launch actually works on the line.
"Watch whether it works in a real shop, then write it down so it works everywhere." That sentence is basically my whole career.