 My three small steps were getting involved with, number one, the Society of Black Engineers and the National Society of Black Engineers here at Purdue. It really was the source of my becoming and understanding who I was, both personally and professionally. The next step was taking advantage of a scholarship that had been given by General Motors. Not only paid for the second half of my undergraduate career, but also paid for my graduate school at the University of Chicago in business. So it really was leveraging that opportunity and at the same time while spending time at General Motors, I took advantage of everything in terms of professional development, in terms of moving my career along, whether it was coursework, whether it was classes, whether it was seminars. I took advantage of every opportunity to develop myself personally and professionally. I think the last step was, and actually my giant leap, I believe, was actually leaving General Motors and taking a job out on the East Coast, doing something very different than I had done during my career at General Motors. It was a big step. It was a long way from what I knew, but, you know, living on the East Coast was valuable for me just from a career standpoint, but just from a personal standpoint, knowing that I could take giant leaps and I could handle it. My name is Angela Threlkel Dodd. I graduated from the School of Industrial Engineering in 1983. I am a Purdue engineer.