I found that engineering was a way I can implement my creativity into the real world. Seeing how different styles of buildings and interiors can affect someone's mood is something I took an interest in. This fascination with engineering caused me to constantly build furniture to put in my room. I played around with the many different building styles I learned and my room went from being traditional one month and then being modern the other. It was funny seeing my mom’s face when she walked into my room not expecting the room to look completely different (because I would always work on it during the night). My parents grew to be supportive of my passions and let me build furniture while buying me materials. Just recently they allowed me to renovate my grandma's basement and I'm turning it into a hang-out spot for me, family, and friends. I'm interested in ACED because designing and constructing something is a fun way for me to display my vivid imagination. I hope to be able to persuade others into becoming an engineer because many of my friends are afraid because of the low percentage of people of color in the field. I want to own a business that also helps students in under-deserved communities get exposed to engineering in order to give them a boost in their career. I go to school in an under-deserved community and its sad seeing my friends steer away from their passions because they believe sports and being in the music industry is the only way to be successful. I want to be able to show students there are many possibilities in this career, and to do that I would have to allow them to see what engineering is capable of. A person who inspires me is a YouTuber named Mark Rober. Mark Rober is an Ex-NASA engineer who designs and builds unheard-of projects. From a 50-ton robot that removes trash from oceans, all the way to creating a trap for scam callers causing some of them to shut down. He interests me because he makes engineering fun and that's how it should be perceived. Anything is possible if you work hard enough and that result is going to be rewarding because it's something you were passionate about and it succeeded. Wether I create a business from scratch, or become a boss in an already established one, my main goal is to help kids in poor communities where they don't have much opportunities have a fair playing field with kids all over the world.