Hello,
I'm Jadon.

The rest of the site is the résumé. This page is the person — the one who plays ball, cooks feasts for friends, flies cameras, writes it all down, and runs up a mountain every birthday.

“documenting the grind is the job — this is everything off the clock”

Jadon · Fremont, CA

What I'm about

six things that never made the transcript

Sports

Basketball since 3rd grade — varsity starter, 2026 NCS Champion (a first in school and district history). Off the court: skiing, swimming, running, hiking, ping pong.

— team dinners > drills

Cooking

Biweekly cooking with Samay — macarons perfected, Beef Ragu on rotation, a Hojicha Basque cheesecake still in progress. Full feasts for friends at Thanksgiving, New Year's, and Lunar New Year.

— 1,657 food photos & counting

Aerial Photography

An FAA-approved drone pilot flying the places he could only see when he dreamed of flying — DJI Mini 2 SE, then the Avata 2 FPV, bought with saved and earned money.

— the sky was the first gallery

Videography

Filming since he was a kid on his mom's iPhone 6. Now it's an Osmo Pocket 3, a city podcast in the edit bay, and videos that grew a mayor's reach from 1k to 10k.

— shoot, cut, post, repeat

Journaling

A journal kept since the start of 8th grade, at least once a month — first just summarizing events, then releasing the truth and going deeper. Every Mission Peak climb ends up in it.

— the rawest data on this site

Traveling

Six weeks in Xi'an with grandparents. Kyoto, Tokyo, Osaka. Taipei. And a Vancouver spring break chosen over AP grinding — he came back energized.

— street food is research

Mission Peak,
every birthday.

a solo run to the summit every January 2nd since turning twelve — then it all goes in the journal

Climb 5, at age 16 — bottom to summit

46:46

PR — up in time to watch the sunrise← the PR!

Higher on the ridge means a faster climb.

From the summit

Eyes in the sky.

Filming since he was a kid on his mom's iPhone 6 — now an FAA-approved pilot flying the areas he could only see when he dreamed to fly, and an editor who cuts a city podcast and campaign films after school.

every print here was shot from a drone he saved up for

Gear progression

iPhone 6

where it started — his mom's phone

DJI Mini 2 SE

first drone — exploring the skies

DJI Avata 2

FPV — bought with saved + earned money

Osmo Pocket 3

the everyday cinema rig

Feast nights.

JL Kitchens is biweekly cooking with Samay — an outlet from rigorous courses, immersed in sound, taste, and smell. Designed dinner menus for Thanksgiving, New Year's, and Lunar New Year.