ALOHA, you may call me Shaka Lei. I am of Hawaiian, Chinese, Portuguese and Dutch decent and in the present moment I am a nomad based mostly out of my suitcases. Every now and then I am back in the degen cave found in my parents basement where I grew up mostly in the south of Denver. I love following ETH around the Globe and believe we are changing the world. I love sharing music and encouragement at hackathons and recently my frens started calling me an Ethereum Bard.

My Journey with Ethereum started with Devconnect in Amsterdam. 2010 when I was 20 years old for a year I was a missionary in South Africa until the church kicked me out and I got arrested for smoking pot. Then I went back to school and studied music in Hollywood until I got warn out by humans chasing stardom. After dropping out again I started the art of volunteering. First with a kitchen that helped the homeless until I became the kitchen manager. Then I started volunteering with one of my favorite bands called Dispatch until they started taking me on tour with their production crew and a founding member of the band's nonprofit sponsored me to live in Nicaragua teaching music. Then came covid and I became a degen in my parents basement at age 30. Feeling stuck I almost lost my mind so thankfully the universe led me to Ethereum, not online, but to the community of hackers behind it. It was way too late to be an early investor, first time buying ETH was all time highs in 2021 to buy a rugged nft project, that was also before I knew who Vitalik was and what consensus meant. It was however just at the exact right time to start volunteering with Ethereum hackathons around the world. I fell in love with all its possibilities and am now becoming an Ethereum Bard with the right heart to contribute.