 I think you get as much out of life as you put into it. You just have to have the dream and the wherewithal to do it. I chose that I wanted to do for the rest of my working career, something I really, really wanted to do. I love technology, and then after going to the corporate business world for a long time, I felt there was still something lacking. What we're learning now in software development is how to build applications, be it web-based. We're learning, I think, really importantly the collaboration, so we're working together as teams, and it's become like a family to me. A lot of really good friends. If I think you should inspire to do things you appreciate, that you love to do every day, that's why I'm here. I've always wanted to do this, and I think that's the path you should follow. I am an electrical engineer. We make high-precision spindles. They go into CNC machines that make parts. I knew and I had the passion that I wanted to go to engineering, but I also realized since I moved to the U.S. when I was 11 years old, I didn't feel confident with myself speaking or writing, so I enrolled at Gateway Technical College and their English Language Learner Program to improve my English. And at the same time, I knew I needed a skill to get a job, to pay for college, so I decided to go and get a barber and cosmetology in the same college. At work, I could see the electrical engineers doing really awesome things, and as an electrical engineer technician, I knew I was capable of doing, but I didn't really have the knowledge to. 19 years ago, I didn't speak English. To now, I'm in an engineering program. It's mind-blowing, and college is always there for you, and it's there to help you advance in your career and in your life. When I was 18, I thought I wanted to be a musician. I'm doing a communication major at UW-Stevens Point. Just the fact that I had started at UWSP, I really wanted to go back and complete it. It was important to me to finish what I started. You know, I actually like being a student now. I like learning. I like the social aspect of school. I've made a lot of good friends here that, you know, I know that will be lifelong friends. It really pulled me out of a rut that I was in. People can take anything away from you except your education, because once you earn it, it's yours. Up until now, I've never been able to pay for my own family vacation before. You know, like, I have my own independence to have the life that I want, you know, to travel, to shop. You know, life happens. Maybe you didn't get a chance to start school. Maybe you didn't get a chance to finish school, or you've decided that you're too old to try something new. I think, you know, if anything, if this inspires someone to do that, that'll make me very, very happy. You're never too old to pursue your dreams.