 You go on this journey unknowingly and you meet a great group of people who just have your best interests at heart without even knowing you and they're pushing you and encouraging you and rooting for you all the way. I feel like everything that I've learned here directly applies in the industry. It's challenging but the rewards are immense. I wanted that hands-on experience here at Mar-Cat. They have those connections in the community and they understand what this experience is like and they're always there to support you in any way that they can. Whatever I learned at the classroom I could go back the next day to work and like oh let's try this. I could point to that and say I contributed to this and I made a difference in the community that I work for. Another reason I came to Mar-Cat is the connections. Like these are people, literal experts in the field who are teaching our graduate courses. I like that Mar-Cat challenged me in my own thinking, in my perspectives. There was so many things that I completed that I never thought I would be able to complete so it's like a sense of pride that I took from that. If you're looking for a school and a team of professionals and staff that care about you as an individual and is willing to help you succeed beyond what you're currently facing, Mar-Cat is the school for that.