Our Mission

I entered industry a couple of years ago at NVIDIA after a radical conversion from atheism to Catholicism. I had arrived at what was once my dream, but quickly became disillusioned as I watched the people around me imprudently bringing technologies into the world in ways that hurt people. As I was coming to understand that all we do should be done in love and care for the people we impact, I realized that the attention economy and generative AI were being brought into the world without proper regard for their implications in users' lives, and seemed instead to be designed primarily in service of the status and wealth of their creators.

Once I thought through the implications of this, I realized it would be improper for me to continue to contribute to such a system, and the desire was placed in my heart to help the people affected by it. I left Silicon Valley with a secret prayer of one day being able to help counteract the negative effects brought about by these technologies, and to help contribute to a world where technology could be implemented prudently, but knew the time was not yet to do so.

Earlier this year, it became evident that the time had finally come. I quit my job with the intent to dedicate my life towards tackling these problems. Soon after, I co-founded Camino with Alex to take on digital and pornography addiction with the broader goal of one day enabling the prudent use of technology altogether.

I was born into two worlds. The first, the world of my family and community: a deeply devout world surrounded by loving people who helped me see the truth and goodness of Catholicism. The second, the world in which technology developed too quickly for even the most well-intended to adapt to it: a world in which boys as a rule are exposed (this is intentionally passive) to graphic sexual images while they’re still playing with Legos (reports vary but suggest the average age of first exposure is anywhere from 7–12).

Merging one’s desire to love God with his actions is the work of a lifetime, indeed it is my primary mission, but I believe that progress towards that is given up by most who in their core do not believe that freedom from their passions is possible. Most of their lives, the people immediately around them and presented to them on a screen have told them: if you want it, take it. If you’re hungry, eat. If you’re bored, scroll.

From this perspective, the freedom proposed by Christ; a freedom for the sake of something instead of a freedom from constraints, makes no sense. Why would you believe this is possible if everyone you admire in some way seems to be ruled by their passions?

For me, though I spent years trying to live out the good intentions of my first world, I was hobbled by my limited understanding of just how malformed I had been by the second world. It was not until I went through the kind of program we are offering on Camino that something inside of me changed.

I went from believing that I would fight my body until I die, which is exhausting, dualistic, and despairing, to believing that my body is good, was made by God to serve my intention to love Him with it, which is exciting, liberating and motivating.

Flipping this narrative changed everything about the way I approached the world. All the fractured pieces started finding their place in a more coherent whole. My newfound hope gave me confidence in all areas of my life, indeed it removed what was before a relentless source of despair, and let me dream dreams which before I found unbelievable.

This freedom was addictive, but in a restful and fulfilling way. Instead of wanting more of it for myself, I wanted to give it to as many people as possible, believing that even the smallest dose of this kind of hope could do wonders for so many who have never tasted it.

So when, at my moment of searching for what was next for me in early 2026, Jacob and I found ourselves excitedly talking about how to bring this hope to as many people as possible, the decision was not a decision, it was simply what I was meant to do, and we founded Camino.