I've always wanted to be a robotics engineer since I was young. I've talked about wanting to build robots that would make the world a better place. I know it's a very cliche dream to have, but I couldn't help being fascinated by the way things worked. When I was 6-8 years old I used to look up DIY videos on how to make simple things like drink dispensers and moving joints like fingers. Nothing was more satisfying to me than building something that actually works. I wanted to use my skills to make jobs easier for the people around me, like making a cleaning robot to help my Mom around the house. Though she had two capable boys, I think everyone would've appreciated not having to do it at all. I was always inspired by movies where someone would invent something revolutionary and it would make a world a better place; Tomorrowland, Meet the Robinsons, Iron Man, Interstellar. Each taught me the extremes of the human mind, what could be possible if you put your mind to it and worked hard enough. My passion is to improve and use the power of my brain and make the world a better place in my own way.

I've always wanted to be a robotics engineer since I was young. I've talked about wanting to build robots that would make the world a better place. I know it's a very cliche dream to have, but I couldn't help being fascinated by the way things worked. When I was 6-8 years old I used to look up DIY videos on how to make simple things like drink dispensers and moving joints like fingers. Nothing was more satisfying to me than building something that actually works. I wanted to use my skills to make jobs easier for the people around me, like making a cleaning robot to help my Mom around the house. Though she had two capable boys, I think everyone would've appreciated not having to do it at all. After feeling inspired the way I was, I got really into Legos, and eventually I joined a Lego robotics club at my church. They helped us understand how to use block coding on Lego machines to do specific things. We were placed in groups and tasked to build a robot that could stay in a ring with other competing robots to be the last one in the circle. It was a challenging task that taught me how to communicate and work with others, assigning ourselves different jobs to meet our goal. I only did this for a year as school began to get more serious. However, during 8th grade, I started truly pursuing my engineering career by taking my first elective in engineering design. The class was primarily using CAD (Computer-Aided Design) to make 3D designs. We had access to laser engravers and 3D printing machines to bring our creations to life for the first time. I continued my search for engineering skills freshman year by taking another elective for engineering design. It was a closer look at understanding CAD and what it means to make a design and communicating it to a team so they can see your vision. This meant not only making a design in CAD, but also learning to set up a diagram of dimensions of your product so it could be replicated. After that year, I needed to spend the next two doing certain electives for their credits, but in my current senior year, I am taking a computer integrated manufacturing class or CIM. So far we've learned the way certain things are made, the strategies these companies use to make these products efficiently, as well as learning to code G&M to move a CNC machinery. I have always seen beauty in the things robotics can do, and I hope to be one of the hands that helps make beautiful things. This has been a flaming passion of mine, and I believe with some financial help to take care of some student expenses that come with being in college, it would greatly improve my ability to focus on my studies and make those who helped me proud of the work I’ve done.

I've always wanted to be a robotics engineer since I was young. I've talked about wanting to build robots that would make the world a better place. I know it's a very cliche dream to have, but I couldn't help being fascinated by the way things worked. When I was 6-8 years old I used to look up DIY videos on how to make simple things like drink dispensers and moving joints like fingers. Nothing was more satisfying to me than building something that actually works. I wanted to use my skills to make jobs easier for the people around me, like making a cleaning robot to help my Mom around the house. Though she had two capable boys, I think everyone would've appreciated not having to do it at all. After feeling inspired the way I was, I got really into Legos, and eventually I joined a Lego robotics club at my church. They helped us understand how to use block coding on Lego machines to do specific things. We were placed in groups and tasked to build a robot that could stay in a ring with other competing robots to be the last one in the circle. It was a challenging task that taught me how to communicate and work with others, assigning ourselves different jobs to meet our goal. I only did this for a year as school began to get more serious. However, during 8th grade, I started truly pursuing my engineering career by taking my first elective in engineering design. The class was primarily using CAD (Computer-Aided Design) to make 3D designs. We had access to laser engravers and 3D printing machines to bring our creations to life for the first time. I continued my search for engineering skills freshman year by taking another elective for engineering design. It was a closer look at understanding CAD and what it means to make a design and communicating it to a team so they can see your vision. This meant not only making a design in CAD, but also learning to set up a diagram of dimensions of your product so it could be replicated. After that year, I needed to spend the next two doing certain electives for their credits, but in my current senior year, I am taking a computer integrated manufacturing class or CIM. So far we've learned the way certain things are made, the strategies these companies use to make these products efficiently, as well as learning to code G&M to move a CNC machinery. I have always seen beauty in the things robotics can do, and I hope to be one of the hands that helps make beautiful things. This has been a flaming passion of mine, and I believe with some financial help to take care of some student expenses that come with being in college, it would greatly improve my ability to focus on my studies and make those who helped me proud of the work I’ve done.

When I was 13 years old, I lost my Dad to cancer. Losing a father regardless is a heartbreaking thing, but my Dad meant so much more to me. He was such a significant figure in my life, pushing me the most in all things; academics, sports, health. My dad was just 42 and had fought Stage 4 Lung Cancer for over eight years. Only 11% live past 6 months and even fewer live past 5 years. My Dad fought so hard for so long just to make sure his sons were made men and would be okay to take care of their Mom, and he did exactly that. I believe the greatest lesson he taught us was perseverance, pushing ourselves further no matter the circumstances. He worked real estate and tirelessly worked house after house getting funds to let me and my brother pursue anything we wanted with no financial bounds. The last time I saw him on his feet before he was bed ridden was coming back from working on a house. I told him I wanted to be a robotics engineer, he told me "it takes a lot of effort and a lot of math". I wanted to put my Dad's hard work forward so I worked hard to excel in all that I could. So far I’ve achieved GPA's of over 4.0, I got into national honors society, I’ve even begun to work an actually job. Making money just like he taught to go and make more money. I wish I could’ve shown him everything I’ve accomplished so far, but that just isn't how it works. So instead I want to work for my future kids just like he did for me. He worked hard everyday until the day he died, all I want to do is the same for my children too. I worked hard in school in order to help bare the financial burden of getting my brother and I into college. $7,500 would help pay towards my tuition at the University of Cincinnati where I can hit the ground running and pay my families hard work forward. I plan to major in aerospace engineering and minor in business. However, I don't want to have to worry about college debt after taking my classes. Anything helps and this amount of help would massively support my ambitions and inspire me to work even harder to accomplish my dream.

In my years at Westerville North High School, every year I try to give back to the community even if I have given more one year than the other. I feel I've shown great civil engagement in both my school and public community alike. At my school, I was nominated by my peers for Hope Squad, a suicide awareness group that meets once a month to educate ourselves on ways to prevent suicide and be better people for the people around us and our community. This would be in forms of lunch activities or school participation through sharing compliment clips around campus. It proved to be a great way to bring our school community together and make a lot of people's day. During my high school soccer years, every year, boys soccer would help fix and redo the Robert Frost garden, do a week long soccer summer camp for ages 5 to 13, and landscape for a lucky family who watches our soccer games. Robert Frost Elementary has a semi-small garden behind their school that the soccer team would remove weeds and fix the flower beds. A month or so after the soccer team would hold a summer camp to teach younger kids the fundamentals. And lastly, we would hold varsity games for parents to win a raffle, and the winner would get a free landscaping job from the soccer team. Though I make sure to give love to my school community as well as love through my school to the public, I also make sure to give love to those outside of school as well. I participate in a program called "I Can", which is a program made in order to help and teach younger kids proper morals. My program sends me to an elementary school called Hawthorne Elementary where every Friday me, two other high school students, and older adult, read a book to the kids and participate in an activity that teaches kids good morals through hands on learning experiences. I’ve also been given the great opportunity to hand out clothes with my church; Westerville Christian. I’ve always enjoyed making peoples day, but I never knew I could’ve helped out my community this much until my high school years. Now that I’ve experienced how good it feels to helps those in need, I want to keep doing my part to keep making the world a little bit more peaceful.

When I was 13 years old, I lost my Dad to cancer. Losing a father regardless is a heartbreaking thing, but my Dad meant so much more to me. He was such a significant figure in my life, pushing me the most in all things; academics, sports, health. My dad was just 42 and had fought Stage 4 Lung Cancer for over eight years. Only 11% live past 6 months and even fewer live past 5 years. My Dad fought so hard for so long just to make sure his sons were made men and would be okay to take care of their Mom, and he did exactly that. I believe the greatest lesson he taught us was perseverance, pushing ourselves further no matter the circumstances. He worked real estate and tirelessly worked house after house getting funds to let me and my brother pursue anything we wanted with no financial bounds. The last time I saw him on his feet before he was bed ridden was coming back from working on a house. I told him I wanted to be a robotics engineer, he told me "it takes a lot of effort and a lot of math". I wanted to put my Dad's hard work forward so I worked hard to excel in all that I could. So far I’ve achieved GPA's of over 4.0, I got into national honors society, I’ve even begun to work an actually job. Making money just like he taught to go and make more money. I wish I could’ve shown him everything I’ve accomplished so far, but that just isn't how it works. So instead I want to work for my future kids just like he did for me. He worked hard everyday until the day he died, all I want to do is the same for my children too. I worked hard in school in order to help bare the financial burden of getting my brother and I into college. $2,000 would help pay towards my tuition at University of Cincinnati where I can hit the ground running and pay my families hard work forward.