There’s a particular kind of thrill that comes from building something that feels like the culmination of your passions, your experiences, and your purpose. That’s what Silent Tower is for me.
Within Silent Tower, I’ve built three tracks: retreats, leadership resilience programs, and business courses. Founder Foundations lives inside the resilience track — but for me, it’s also deeply personal.
It’s not just a startup course. It’s a distillation of everything I’ve learned — about teaching, about creation, about helping people achieve their dreams, despite not knowing how — and it’s the most alive I’ve felt in a long time.
Teaching Has Always Been My Core
Before I ever thought about startups or curriculum design, I was teaching. It’s been the throughline of my life.
I started teaching music (violin) in high school.
Then came 3.5 years of TA’ing in undergrad, where I assisted entry-level courses by holding office hours and grading homework.
My years at Stanford gave me the opportunity to actually teach my own sectionals (16-person classes), teaching physics to pre-med non-majors.
I found the workforce a little too dry. So I started volunteering — teaching AP Computer Science at a local high school in the mornings before work.
But teaching wasn’t just in classrooms. It showed up everywhere in life for me as coach — as relationship coach with friends, as mentor in the workforce, as advisor to younger family members… in late-night breakthroughs, in quiet moments of clarity.
I coached first-gen students at a local non-profit (MVLA), helping them navigate the invisible curriculum of college and career.
I worked with people who felt stuck — emotionally, creatively, professionally.
I worked with people who felt lost — in a void with no direction.
I learned how a single unresolved memory can hold someone back for years.
And I saw how somatic work — getting into the body, not just the mind — can unlock healing in ways that words alone can’t.
Silent Tower Is My Playground for Teaching
Silent Tower (and everything it’s become) is where I get to experiment, iterate, and create new ways to teach. It’s not a static platform — it’s alive, evolving with me.
Founder Foundations is the newest expression of that. It’s a startup course, yes — but it’s also a mindset shift, a confidence builder, a toolkit for navigating ambiguity.
ITL (Integrated Transformational Leadership) is my prized creation — the framework where I get to go deep into the psychology of leadership, not just the mechanics.
I’ve built tech and business courses that share what I’ve learned from leading teams, building products, and making hard decisions.
Looking Back, It All Makes Sense
I didn’t set out to build Founder Foundations. I didn’t even set out to teach per se. I set out to transfer my knowledge so that others can benefit from it. To help. To unlock people. And every step — from high school music rooms to Stanford lecture halls to coaching sessions with stuck leaders — brought me here.
So yes, I’m excited. But more than that, I’m grateful. Because this isn’t just a course. It’s the next chapter in a lifelong love affair with teaching. And right now, that love looks like Founder Foundations.
