The short version: I left Austin, came home to The Woodlands, and started building the kind of life my mom wanted for me. Here's the longer version.
Shaolin had thirty-six chambers of training — that's the 1978 Shaw Brothers film The 36th Chamber of Shaolin, the source-mythology Wu-Tang Clan named themselves after. Thirty-six chambers cover everything a monk could be taught.
The 37th chamber is the one that didn't exist until you built it. The chamber you make yourself when the existing thirty-six don't have what you need. RZA built the 37th. Wu-Tang IS the 37th.
This site is mine. Solo operator. Twelve AI agents under the hood. One neighborhood at the door. Built brick by brick because the work that mattered to me wasn't on anybody else's training list.
In October 2025, I relocated from Austin to The Woodlands. The house at 2359 Hagerman was my mother Alana's. She passed from cancer. My sister Nicole passed in 2023 — some of you may know her from the dog walking business she was building with my nephew in this neighborhood.
I'm here because my stepfather, Dr. Jesus Samaniego, made it possible. He's a retired physician who lives five minutes away, and he believed in me enough to help me make this transition. I owe him a lot, and one of the ways I'm paying that back is by building something real with the opportunity he gave me.
UT Austin, class of 2010. I was admitted for physics, switched to philosophy — which sounds like a detour until you realize that symbolic logic and calculus gave me the foundation I use every day to work with AI systems. Philosophy taught me how to think clearly about complex problems. The math taught me how to verify that the answers are right.
After school, I spent three years at Best Austin Handyman managing residential projects. That's where I learned to scope work honestly, communicate with clients who are trusting you in their homes, and finish what I start. Those skills transfer directly into what I do now — they just apply to different tools.
I use AI every day. Not as a gimmick — as infrastructure. This website was built with AI assistance. My calendar is managed by an AI system I designed. My consulting practice helps other professionals do the same thing safely.
The businesses I'm building aren't separate ventures. They're all expressions of the same idea: take the best tools available, learn them deeply enough to trust them, and use them to deliver work that earns trust from the people around you.
Interior design lets me show that AI-assisted creativity produces better results, not generic ones. Handyman work keeps me grounded in the physical reality of making things work. And AI consulting ties it all together — I'm my own first client, and everything I recommend to others is something I've already tested on myself.
The house comes with two chihuahuas. Fenway was named by my friend Heather, who lives with me and is an unapologetic Red Sox fan. I'm Astros — been on board since the Killer B's. Gadget is the other one. They're both smaller than most people expect and louder than anyone wants, and they'll probably show up in my portfolio photos whether I plan for it or not.
This isn't a random zip code. This is where my family was. This is where Nicole was building something before she couldn't anymore. This is where Jesus lives, five minutes away, checking in and keeping me accountable.
I'm not asking the neighborhood to help me out of charity. I'm introducing myself as someone who has real skills, uses the best tools available, and wants to earn your trust the old-fashioned way — by doing good work for the people who live next door.
If you knew Nicole, I'd love to hear about it. She meant everything to our family, and connecting with people who remember her matters more than any business card.
I'm around. Email me, or just say hi next time you see two chihuahuas pulling someone down the sidewalk.
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