When I was in high school, I was not really sure what I wanted to do afterwards. I had good grades, played the violin in an orchestra, and was taking advanced math courses but orientation was lacking. By chance, I ended up at the Mechanical Engineering booth at my alma mater's (University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez) open house. The exhibits the students had intrigued me enough to search online into what Mechanical Engineering entailed and liked that harmony between creativity and science/math. Once there, I was not sure I was going to stay in that major but volunteering for a special project exposed me to aerodynamics. As a freshman, it intrigued me how trivial it seemed to study how air interacts with objects yet it was a whole field people studied. Eventually I ended up meeting my undergraduate research professor, who introduced me to turbulence and experimental research using wind tunnels. After having internships at research institutions and industries, I decided I wanted to pursue grad school and dedicate my skillset as an engineer to research. Now I'll be starting a PhD, which is a journey I'm excited about but aware of the challenge it will be.