I grew up visiting our Hungarian family vineyard in the summertime. My family also had a pumpkin patch and Christmas tree business that I worked on throughout my childhood. I love Christmas trees and have sold them every season for the past twenty years. In my tumultuous teenage years, I became deeply involved in plant science because I found peace within plants and flowers.

I graduated with a B.S. in Agriculture and Environmental Plant Science from Cal Poly SLO, where I wrestled at the Division 1 level. I received a full athletic scholarship and the 2018 Coaches Award for my exceptional performance as a student-athlete. While in college, I worked for three years at the campus arboretum cultivating holiday poinsettias in the fall and selling them, along with Christmas trees, at various venues throughout the state. I also owned over 30 beehives and sold my honey at the famous San Luis Obispo farmers’ market. I earned a small academic scholarship in insect ecology, three Dean’s List honors, and a President’s List honor. I even tried to start a recycling company named Mack’s Recycling.

After college, I managed operations at Devil Mountain Wholesale Nursery, a multi-location, large-scale nursery business spanning the West Coast with one of the largest plant inventories in the market. I played a key role in establishing their new location in Morgan Hill from 2018 until mid-2020. I was their qualified applicator and the responsible person for all pesticide-related activities, which were mainly conducted on weekends. On the weekdays, I drove box trucks, sold plants, managed a crew of over 25 people, oversaw will-call, took inventories, and built critical nursery infrastructure.

During the pandemic, I used my time to earn professional certifications and pursue my passion as a certified arborist and pest control advisor. Today, I bring technical expertise, education, business experience, and hands-on field training to every case I take on with the same discipline and dedication I learned from wrestling.

I started my arborist business between 2022 and 2024, starting small and working my way up to higher-level tree consulting. I earned my Registered Consulting Arborist credential in 2025, further solidifying that my professional qualifications match the depth of my hands-on experience and technical expertise in arboriculture. My goal is to use my experience to make your issues with trees, pests, and plants easy to handle.