He graduated from Stanford University in 2002 with a B.A. in Studio Art (Photography) and a B.S. in Symbolic Systems (Human-Computer Interaction). His photography received funding from the Beagle 2 Fellowship, the Pritzker Scholarship, and the Undergraduate Research Opportunities office. His documentary project on generational differences in a Southern Kenyan Maasai village earned him the Robert M. Golden medal for the Creative Arts -- the university's highest honor for a research project in the arts.