It all started when I was a 10 years old. I was living in Rialto, CA, about seven miles from the nearest airport and was absolutely fascinated by the airplanes and the sound they made as they passed over my house at a low altitude. The rumble and roar of the engines would send chills across my entire body. I remember being amazed by the beauty of the engineering and the sheer size of the aircraft and ever since then, I've wanted to become a pilot. I then moved to Arizona when I was sixteen and tried to focus on academics during COVID-19 as best as I could. It wasn't unitl March of 2025, at 22 years old, when I flew a plane for the first time with a retired Delta Airline pilot who had his own plane at my local regional airport. I walked into a flight school and spent nearly two hours discussing my passion for aviation along with gathering some information about their school, including the cost of training. It was $88K and I walked out feeling defeated because the cost of training was beyond my reach. I come from a low-income family and times were tough growing up seeing my single mother make sacrifices for her children just to make ends meet. Seeing that as a kid made me want to pursue this career even more. Since then, I've called and visited countless schools and academies across the entire West Valley in Phoenix hoping I'd find a school that would be cheaper than $88K and would get me to my goal fast at twenty-three years old. I soon found out that the school I visited after my discovery flight would be the most affordable out of my other options. After doing hours of research and making a lot of phone calls, I decided to take my family to the school with me and revisit the conversation the director and I had exactly one year earlier. My family was was proud of me for staying dedicated and pursuing aviation as my career. The director was so proud to see me in his school still striving to become a pilot after all this time. It's my dream to become an airline pilot, and it is a passion I will always carry with me. I enjoy teaching others around me about aviation and how beautiful flying is. It's a passion that has kept me going for almost 14 years now, and as long as planes are in existence, I will always pursue aviation and flying. My ambition hasn't died, from applying for scholarships to asking my close friends and coworkers to help me accomplish my dreams of becoming a pilot. Knowing that one day I will be a pilot keeps me motivated and driven to complete this life goal of mine. I want my future family to have the opportunities I didn't have growing up and to be surrounded by beautiful aircraft. The impact aviation and flying has had on my life is astonishsing, as nothing has ever meant as much to me.