About Me

Mckinley Almeida
Deliberate PracticePattern RecognitionFirst-Generation

Mckinley Almeida

Honors Business Econ & Psychology

University of Arkansas '26

First-generation, low-SESCollegiate Bowler, University of ArkansasPiano, Guitar & Choral - classically trained

My life goal is to enable agency for people who never had the support they needed. I want the underscaffolded striver - and the ambitious professional - to move toward their goals with clarity and confidence, with less of the pain that comes from avoidable guesswork.

I do this by building and testing decision frameworks for hard, real-world problems where going from A to B has real friction and low clarity.

I'm an Honors first-generation student at the University of Arkansas studying Economics and Psychology. I treat my socials (including LinkedIn) as a professional playground to discover, experiment, and think out loud - especially about what "better thinking" looks like in the age of AI.

Collegiate Bowling

Collegiate Bowling

Collegiate Bowler for the University of Arkansas. Requires high-level biomechanical consistency and real-time adaptation to changing lane conditions.

Background & Origin

First-generation, low-SES student. Raised by a disabled veteran father who was a carpenter and a Filipina mother who survived poverty as a smallholder farmer. This background is the foundation of a lifelong interest in scaffolding and agency.

Music & Performance

Intermediate Piano and Guitar player, classically trained chorally.