My parents used to take me to bookstores as a child and teenager. In one of those trips I found a book that spoke about psychology, and how it studied the brain and behavior, and I just thought that it was fascinating. Then I learned about original research and lots of cool experiments in psychology at my Intro to Psychology class at the University of Puerto Rico that inspired me to seek research opportunities. I was particularly curious about why some people were unable to remember recently-learned information. Fortunately, I was accepted into a research training program at my university that provided the resources for me to participate in summer research programs. It was at one of these, at the University of Iowa, where I discovered neuropsychology, which studies the relationship between the nervous system, cognition and behavior. As a clinical neuropsychologist I would also be able to interact with patients and see firsthand how brain disorders manifest in different people. And so I embarked in this long journey to become a clinical scientist.