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In junior high, I had a paper route. By high school age, my goal in life was to either become a tennis pro or a Himalayan Yogi. My 17th year transformed me in ways I can't describe in a sentence. After that, I got a degree from UC Berkeley in Computer Science and Philosophy. A job at Sun Microsystems in my third year of college gave me more... more »

In junior high, I had a paper route. By high school age, my goal in life was to either become a tennis pro or a Himalayan Yogi. My 17th year transformed me in ways I can't describe in a sentence. After that, I got a degree from UC Berkeley in Computer Science and Philosophy. A job at Sun Microsystems in my third year of college gave me more money than I could spend. So I did the only thing I could -- I gave it away. I gave little money, then some time, and then finally myself.

In April 1999, three friends joined me on a project to help build a website for a homeless shelter; that effort later came to known as CharityFocus. Today, its 120K members incubate compassionate action in multitude of ways. CharityFocus is still fully volunteer run; in 2001, I quit my job to become a full time volunteer. I didn't have a plan of survival beyond six months but so far, so good. :)

My mission statement in life reads: "Bring smiles in the world and stillness in my heart." « less