In my hometown on the Navajo Reservation, there are many cracked roads that have deep and wide potholes. Some aren’t even asphalt concrete roads but are instead dirt roads, which can be dangerous during rainy or snowy days and can still be seen today. When I was young, I lived on my reservation and was there for my early years. While there, I saw and felt the presence of dangerous infrastructure within my community. These hazardous conditions don’t look like they are getting better in the foreseeable future. As I got older, my mom was accepted into the Oregon Health and Science University. We all moved to Portland, Oregon, and there I lived my teenage years, witnessing the tall buildings, intact roads, safe walkways, and big bridges. I also got involved in the community there by volunteering for the Native American Youth and Family Center’s community garden. Every other Saturday, my father, younger brother, and I go to the garden to help contribute to its well-being. We plant, pull weeds, make new boxes for plants, and much more. Recently, my father and I brought some of our own culture into their garden. We planted Hopi Blue Corn. Once we harvested, we distributed the produce to the families in need within the community, and the head of the garden let my father keep some of the corn he planted. Giving back to the community is, in my opinion, one of the most important actions we can do as people. There’s a reason why we all live together in big and small communities because we all help each other, and when I give fresh food to those in need, I am almost overwhelmed by mixed emotions of happiness and humility. Which is why I want to work to become a civil engineer, I will be well-equipped to provide lots for my community on the reservation. I can help rebuild my community’s infrastructure needs. The world can be a better place, but if no one wants to be the one to lay down the first stone, nothing will happen. We aren’t a species that work alone, together we can all change the world, and I can be a part of it. It’s important to me that I choose an engineering career that will help others. I especially want to help those on reservations, so people can get the roads they deserve, get the help they need from hospitals, and can walk and drive safely to where they need to go without a worry. This is part of my identity, I want to help people, and without that part of me I wouldn’t be the same person I am today.