What inspired me to get into engineering was my mother, who was a college preparation associate taking me to engineering summer camps and immersing me in STEM from a young age. I loved combining solutions and seeing what reaction occurred, and what really sealed the deal for me joining engineering . My mother always supported my dreams and aspirations as well as providing me with the tools I would need to succeed. She bought me coding books and science books to push me to learn more about the pathway I wanted to join. I have participated in several STEM camps such as aviation camps, engineering and coding camps as well as in my collegiate career being involved in a mechanical engineering class where we built a rehabilitation appliance. I was awarded a prize for winning a coding camp in which students are participants had to code an animation. I have also been in many engineering classes throughout my high school years including: Intro to engineering, Design and Development Expertise, Aviation, and Coding. In my senior year of high school we were to solve an issue given to us by the teacher. My group was assigned the issue of sand following you after leaving the beach. We proposed a sand and water proof towel that would repel the sand getting stuck as well as getting drenched from the beach water. Over the next 2 months, my group designed a concept and developed many test projects before our final piece was done. In the end we had created a light-weight beach towel that was functional for all the proposed requirements that also doubled as a beach bag as well. All of these things were made possible by my mother opening the doors of STEM to me. I am now apart of The Boeing Company as an Intern on the Innovation Cell. I will be solving engineering problems through 3-D printing and other engineering knowledge to work with the factory floor workers to solve issues that may occur while in the final assembly stage of building the plane. I am excited for this internship to begin because I will be able to connect with other engineering interns as well as older engineers who will be able to teach me new concepts I may not understand as well as I will be able to teach them of new or better ways to innovate while we are building planes. I hope that you all will consider my application and I thank you all for taking time to consider me for this scholarship.

What inspired me to get into engineering was my mother, who was a college preparation associate taking me to engineering summer camps and immersing me in STEM from a young age. I loved combining solutions and seeing what reaction occurred, and what really sealed the deal for me joining engineering was my father joining Boeing. he showed me how people got to build airplanes or specify in a specific part of assembly and how much they enjoyed engineering and making a change to the world. I have participated in several STEM camps such as aviation camps, engineering and coding camps as well as in my collegiate career being involved in a mechanical engineering class where we built a rehabilitation appliance. I was awarded a prize for winning a coding camp in which students are participants had to code an animation. I have also been in many engineering classes throughout my high school years including: Intro to engineering, Design and Development Expertise, Aviation, and Coding. In my senior year of high school we were to solve an issue given to us by the teacher. My group was assigned the issue of sand following you after leaving the beach. We proposed a sand and water proof towel that would repel the sand getting stuck as well as getting drenched from the beach water. Over the next 2 months, my group designed a concept and developed many test projects before our final piece was done. In the end we had created a light-weight beach towel that was functional for all the proposed requirements that also doubled as a beach bag as well. I am now apart of The Boeing Company as an Intern on the Innovation Cell. I will be solving engineering problems through 3-D printing and other engineering knowledge to work with the factory floor workers to solve issues that may occur while in the final assembly stage of building the plane. I am excited for this internship to begin because I will be able to connect with other engineering interns as well as older engineers who will be able to teach me new concepts I may not understand as well as I will be able to teach them of new or better ways to innovate while we are building planes. I hope that you all will consider my application and I thank you all for taking time to consider me for this scholarship.

I became passionate about engineering when my grandmother had developed cancer in 2016. She lost her battle because the chemotherapy was hurting her and she did not want to deal with the pain any longer. To see her in such agony made me wonder if there was a different type of medicine or chemo that might be less invasive or harmful to cancer patients? This life experience really solidified the pathway I wanted to pursue and that is what I have been aiming for ever since. As I have grown up I had always had a passion for building things and seeing how things reacted to each other. When I got into middle schooland was in science class I was the first person to replicate an experiment, whether it be creating a makeshift volcano or creating bond models. My teachers explained to me that engineering might be the perfect job fit for me. Later on down the line I started researching engineering pathways that fit the types of activities I liked to do. I ended coming across biomedical engineering and chemical engineering, both allowing me to build and create things while still aiming to solve the goal I had set for myself when I was younger. I have been apart of the Michael B. Anderson STEM program and even was involved in some engineering workshops that gave me a look into engineering. Ever since I researched the pathways, I have taken classes that would help me become a chemical and biomedical engineer. I have taken chemistry, biology, and have even take multiple engineering class that have bettered my knowledge of what it would take to get to my dream career path of engineering. Although some of the engineering classes have not been for the specific pathway that I would like to pursue, they have pointed me to places that I could do internships at to gain experience. I am in then midst of trying to gain an internship at Boeing to be an apprentice to a chemical engineer. This would give me hands on experience while allowing me to see how chemical engineering could be used in different work forces. All in all, these experiences have pushed me to dive into a pathway that I have grown to love and allows for me to strive towards helping the world and science positively evolve.