About me
I started my career after I hit rock bottom being a single mom who moved back to live with my parents. After dropping out of computer science, one professor told me I would not be able to work with computers. I lost my passion for computers at this point. Later, I worked with my case worker (social assistance program) and they helped me gain confidence to try computers again. I was able to teach myself programming and other computer science concepts on my own time (online courses). I then became really interested in offensive security and applied to work at a cyber security company. I started as an entry-level analyst and worked my way up to starting my own threat research and detection department. I taught myself how to reverse engineer malware from scratch along the way and have not looked back since. Since then, I've presented research all across North America, appeared on TV as an expert twice. I love reverse engineering, malware analysis, detecting threat actors, the thrill of the hunt, mentoring other women in cyber security and most importantly, my family and the wonderful people on I've worked with who have grown so much in their careers.
