Hi, I’m Corin.

I love to learn, and to use that knowledge to build things and solve problems. I believe that everyone has a unique perspective on the world and deserves empathy, and that if we all put some more effort into understanding a bit more about the world and each other we would be better off.

I was born in Schenectady, New York and grew up in Jonesboro Maine, where my family moved shortly after I was born. Nestled into the woods along the tidal Chandler River, my parents spared me from having any other chores as long as I moved firewood from where they dumped it by our driveway around back to our wood shed and stacked it neatly through the summer so we could stay warm in the winter. The river went out with the ocean and revealed entire ecosystems, only to be hidden again a few hours later with the tides, changing slightly every cycle.

I learned a lot about self sufficiency, the importance of community and connection to the environment in rural life. I learned that I had real talent in mathematics and was very capable with computers.

I attended the Maine School of Science and Mathematics for high school. The public boarding school focused on STEM was situated in the northern limits of the state, among vast fields of potatoes and broccoli in the summer and blankets of snow the other nine months of the year. Here I learned how to apply myself and work hard, how to build community. I developed a stronger sense of myself and my values. I learned that while I am very technically skilled, that is only part of the equation if we want to solve problems in the real world. Mathematics, technology, science all exist in the society we’ve created. They are all fundamentally human endeavors. They are not immune to human issues like bias, and they can all be leveraged for evil as much as they can be used for good. I developed a passion for open source software and grew concerns about digital privacy, and Bernie got me interested in politics with his run in 2016.

Maine has a special place in my heart, the vast state contains as much varied human experience as it does geography. The Mountains, the Forests, the Ocean. The rural fishing communities and blueberry barrens, the farmers, the vibrant and unique city life surrounding Portland. I did however want to broaden my experience somewhat, and so I attended Vassar College.

In the Hudson Valley in New York, I was closer to where I was born than I had ever lived, but it was all unfamiliar to me. I met people from vastly different parts of the world and lifestyles than me, and I gained a broader understanding of how the world works. This deepened my already developing view that humanity on the whole has much more in common than we have differentiating us.

I studied advanced math and computer science, and I also tried my best to spend my time outside of the classroom learning as well. I worked in Vassar’s nationally renowned theatre department, first as a Theatrical Journeyman and then as the Assistant Technical Director, building sets for the main proscenium Martell stage, the black box Powerhouse Theatre, and the smaller Streep black box theatre. I worked for some incredibly talented people and learned a lot about carpentry, creative problem solving, and managing a team.

To be continued!