 Hi, my name is Caitlin Amanala and I'm the DCL STEM Academy October student of the month. I am in the engineering pathway and I chose engineering because I love math and science and I really enjoy building things. In school, I'm on the varsity softball team and the varsity basketball team. I'm also in the environmental club and I participate in the world language honor society and national honor society. Out of school, I'm currently enrolled in the coding schools course for artificial intelligence and I also participate in a flute studio. This summer, I participated in the governor's school for engineering and technology at Rutgers University where I participated in a research project called monitoring, characterization and modeling of still model dynamic behavior under climate change. I recently presented at the MIT undergraduate research technology conference and after college I want to work in the field of engineering. A fun fact about me is that I like to cook pescetarian food because I am a pescetarian. I like to thank my friends, family, teachers and guidance counselor for all they've done to help me get to this point.