 When I heard that I was chosen as university medalist, I got a phone call from the chair of the medal selection committee and I was incredulous. I immediately told my parents and they were thrilled. One of the best ways to succeed at Cal is to find what drives your passion and what makes you stay up at night and makes you wake up in the morning. And I'm very lucky that I found water issues very early on. Making meaningful change in water won't happen in a lab. Water is social and I'm really lucky that a lot of my best friends are people who I also work really well with both here on campus and in the field. I love UC Berkeley because I've had the opportunity to combine research, advocacy, activism and public service in a way that would not be possible anywhere else. I don't think that there's any one particular thing I'll miss most about Berkeley. I think it's really the entire experience and all the opportunities I've been available to me as a student here that I'll miss most. Go Bears!