Hymns and liturgies have always been fascinating to me. As a kid, I enjoyed watching the Organ at my church. I was mesmerized by the pedals below and the pipes up above. My Family would go to church and sing hymns, I sing in the choir, and it has all made me realize my love for music. My mom played the piano as a kid, and the main piece she loved to play was Für Elise. She is the reason why I wanted to play the piano, but we didn’t have a piano, and we couldn’t afford to buy one. Fortunately for me, while I was spending the night at my cousin's house, my mom found a piano in nearly perfect condition two houses down from my house. I came home to find that piano and immediately fell in love with it. I started lessons with Matthew Rasmussen, who attended Concordia Chicago. I have learned a great deal, but when COVID hit it was a hard time for my piano skills. I was depressed and had no motivation to play piano. I made little to no progress during that time. During my 8th-grade year, I began to play again. I finally learned Für Elise, and I played it for my school. Afterward, I realized that this is what I want to do for my career. Entering High school, I really started to soar. I took a piano class at my High School that allowed me to practice for an hour each day. I took this class for 7 out of the 8 semester at my school. At the end of each semester, I performed in a recital for my High School, and each semester, I played a more difficult piece. During my freshman year, I started to learn to play the organ under Mr. Rasmussen. I previously mentioned that I loved watching the organ and now I got to learn how to play it. My progress was slow due to being overshadowed by the piano. I began to pick up when I started to learn liturgies. They were a lot of fun to play on the organ. This achieved the instruments I needed in order to be a church musician, so I desire to pursue a Church Music degree in college. During the summer after my freshman year, I enrolled in a music camp called Lutheran Summer Music. I met friends who shared my passion for music, took lessons that strengthened my ability to play the piano, and learned that my passion for music could become a career. I took the Composition class and learned how much I love writing my own music.