Importance Of Resilience In My Life

As I, a wide-eyed seventh grader, took my first, hesitant steps into the Charlotte Latin Fab Lab, I stood in awe at the myriad sparkling machines and gadgets. Months passed and I learned to navigate soldering irons, 3D printers, laser cutters, and circuitry. Once the first semester ended, my fellow students and I were tasked with developing a capstone project that would serve our community. With my father working in the oncology field, I began imagining dozens of cancer preventing systems. After careful consideration, I chose to develop a device that would deter tobacco product consumers. The completed project consisted mainly of a beacon and a sound module. Working together in a cigarette container, it would connect to a phone, locate nearby

The following summer, I branched out and attended a Duke Tip course at Wake Forest University studying forensics and film. Here, I found myself surrounded by peers with a passion and talent for learning. My eighth grade year, I competed, again, in the eCybermission competition, pushing myself harder and developing my knowledge further, resulting in a first place award. I, also, decided to compete in Science Olympiad with my class. I placed in two of my four events and was able to expose myself to another enriching learning environment. From eighth grade to ninth grade, I attended Georgia Tech to study anatomy and physiology with several friends from my first Duke Tip experience. I, additionally, lead a team to the final stage of applying for a MIT Grant with an idea utilizing electromagnetic induction within with subway cars. Now, as I am approaching the end of my schools standard engineering classes and awaiting more adventures, I can see how my disappointing seventh grade year sparked my engineering passion. Overall, engineering has grown my emotional intelligence and my physical endurance. Coming into the beginning of my STEM career, I am overflowing with ideas for everything between alternate sources of energy to biomedical