 My name is Rafa Scolantini. I am originally from Manila, the Philippines. I attended Boston University for my undergrad and I went to Old Dominion University for grad school. It's hard to pin down the one thing that I'm really excited about, but overall I would say I'm really excited about all the things I'm going to learn, all the friends and professional colleagues I'm going to meet and all the really cool, adventurous things I'm going to get to do.