 My research is an intersection of computer vision and natural language processing and I'm looking to use these techniques to solve problems in accessibility. When I was searching for schools to apply to for grad school I take a good look at their websites for their computer science programs and I was very particular about finding the schools that had AI as one of their top research areas and I also really like the fact that they they have this interdisciplinary culture where it doesn't matter which lab you're from it doesn't matter if you are walking in a lab that focuses in say NLP you can get to walk with another professor who is doing HCI or another professor who is doing something in computer vision. You can also like branch out to people in the psychology department and even places that you don't even imagine. I know there's this thing about schools that are highly competitive. Here it's in like a different light. Everyone has this warm welcoming spirit which makes you want to open up makes you want to strive to do better. Instead of competing against each other you're competing against yourself and you have people around you to help you like the lecture you know that oh when I was there this is what I went through and most of the students the senior PhDs the professors that's the kind of vibe I get and I really like it. Coming here it's different like there's like a lot of women around there's a lot of female lecturers female professors and I think it's cool because you get to look up to them and they're like oh this woman is in the place I want to be in the next five years so my top advice is just to reach out to people reach out don't be afraid to just look up professors look up people who are doing the work that you love and and just take that shot.