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Fencer to product owner

Academic  ·  Self

I grew up competing. Nationally ranked fencer through high school and college — the kind of sport where you read your opponent in real time, make decisions in fractions of a second, and learn that preparation and instinct aren't opposites.

Princeton sharpened that into something else: a Comparative Literature degree that taught me how meaning is made, how language carries weight, and how to think across disciplines without losing rigor.