Faith Over Fear: I grew up in a family of food entrepreneurs, working in my parents' restaurants and baking cookies by age 9. At 10, I tackled my very first chocolate pound cake solo. Yes, it was "the driest cake I ever ate." But instead of quitting, that failure sparked a 20-year journey to mastering the craft. After two decades in my mother's restaurant and then retail management, I returned to my first love: baking. I built a cake business, but there was something I'd always avoided. Yeast. I thought it was too temperamental. Too unpredictable. Then one day in 2024, I decided to put faith over fear. "I choose to exercise my faith over fear and believe that I can do all things through Christ Jesus... especially yeast!!" My bread journey was officially activated. I successfully baked yeasted breads. Then, toward the end of 2025, I set my sights on something even more ambitious: sourdough and all types of preferments. Biga. Poolish. Fruit yeast water and Pasta Madre. On December 3rd, 2025, I started my first sourdough starter. By December 26th, I was pulling my first boule out of the oven. It's been almost a year of baking sourdough breads and I haven't looked back yet! Instead, I 'm running on full throttle into Ancient Grains; milling, mixing and baking. I understand that ancient grains potentially present challenges in bread baking not known with commercial flour but I'm in the best season of my life to stretch out in my faith. Every man has been given a measure of faith, I decided to multiply mine and enjoy the adventures of all things bread!! I'll see you in the kitchen!!!