“As many other third-graders do, I momentously decided I wanted to be an astronaut – it seemed like the ultimate conquest of everything unknown and exciting. I’ve since discovered that you don’t have to wear an astronaut suit to explore the unknown, and I think the eight-year-old me would be pretty proud of where I am now.”
“When I was in elementary school, I wanted to be a paleontologist, someone who studies dinosaurs. Why? Well, I wanted to become so good at paleontology that I would convince everyone that dinosaurs were actually dragons. Impossible! That may not be what I’m studying today, but I’m still studying to do the impossible: engineering physics!”
“My dream job when I was little was to become a firefighter. Pretty cliche, but I thought it would be a fun and rewarding job as I could slide down the cool fireman pole and rush off to save people. This is definitely not related to what I’m studying now, Bioengineering, but both have the same goal: helping people in their times of need.”