I was born in the back seat of a station wagon on the side of the road in the Philippines. From there, my parents moved around a bit until they landed in my dad's hometown of McKinney, Texas, where my two sisters and I were raised. After high school, I left McKinney and swore I'd never go back. Austin, Los Angeles, Virginia, Boston, and New York were my homes for several years while I attended school and worked as an architect, but now, of course, I've returned to Texas.