I have always loved microscopes since I was little, and I was told if I wanted to work with microscopes, I needed to go to medical school (not the best advice, but oh well). So I entered college on a pre-med track, but by my senior year I found myself bored, uninterested, and allowed my grades to slip. I graduated with a bachelors in biology with no ambition, and I was really lost on what to do. Medical school had been my only goal in life, and now I didn't even want to do that. On a desperate whim, I decided to get a second bachelors in chemistry, thinking it would buy me more time before I had to join the real world. The end of my first week in my first inorganic course and I was in love. I asked the professor if I could work for him, and the rest is history. I started making and modifying metal organic frameworks (MOFs), and from then on, I was hooked. I still loved microscopy, so I looked for graduate schools with professors that specialized in microscopy. I found Dr. Michael Norton at Marshall University and got my masters by working with carbon nanotubes and DNA Origami. Now I have the opportunity to work for Dr. Beth Guiton at UKY. Both of these wonderful advisors have given me the training and availability to work heavily with AFM, SEM, TEM, and Raman, so my love for microscopy is always at an all time high.