I am passionate about STEM because people focusing on STEM career pathways are discovering new things all the time. I would love to be a part of a discovery that can change the current approach to something, like developing new technology or discovering another theory that can further findings in science, especially in the aerospace and aviation field. I am very interested in aerospace and aviation technology, and that is a field of science where new discoveries are made all the time to make projects more efficient. I would also like to be a part of helping to make space exploration more environmentally friendly since I am also very interested in environmental science. It's important to do the best we can to preserve the planet for the next generations and many years to come. I think that my studies in the STEM field will prepare me for a successful career because they will be a part of furthering my education into something that I am really interested as well as preparing me to enter the workforce and be a helpful part in developing, improving, and designing spacecraft based on new technologies. By making the most out of the education that I am having in high school and am planning to experience in college, I can be a useful member in a company who's interests align with my own. It is very important for women and gender-nonconforming people to be just as involved in the STEM pathway, if not more, than men in order to help solve problems in STEM in the future.