 I was born in Freetown, Sicily, on West Africa, and around the age of 17, I was able to go to Marine Time School in Ghana, West Africa. My goal was to become a captain on a ship. Eventually, I ended up on a hospital ship called Mercia Ships. I met a friend from La Crosse, Wisconsin, with Captain Taj. He goes, oh, by the way, I know a college in La Crosse that does have a program called Digital Engineering. And I was like, sounds good. Community is very important to me, meaning, if you want your community to be better, you have to be part of that. If you want to see this community clean, you have to be that person that don't, for example, don't throw trash and things like that. And so I saw that as a way of being part of my community and giving back to the community that my new found community would just cost. So I started getting a volunteer with Habitat for Humanity, Salvation Army, the Catholic charity, all this other organization around, and just bring that back to college, become in an RA. That's the first thing I started. I was a resident assistant, helping students who were coming in, help them settle in into the dorm and cooking food for my culture, African food, just to share my culture with them. When I graduated, I have different options, different companies to go to. When I was looking at companies, I was looking at companies that are involved in the community, basically companies that give back in the community that they're working. And Brandon, that's one of the biggest thing that drives me on the side. When I was doing my research, Brandon has tons of companies or organizations in the city of Ocas, and beyond that they helped and they donate money to service and all of that. So I serve this company as a service company. It aligns with my goals and aligns with the path I've always walked. For me, culture is not about don't, you don't talk about the culture, let the culture speak for itself. And so a lot of companies, oh, we have a great culture here. You come to the workplace, you don't see the culture you're talking about. Where is it? You come here, you'll be like, oh, okay, I can see where the culture is. I work on tugboats. So these are boats that goes through the Mississippi and they push barges around. These barges sometimes they contain stone, gravel, or just transporting different cargo through the Mississippi. My job as a diesel mechanic is that I go around those boats, do inspections, making sure that all the engines, everything is running perfectly. The city have given me so much, you know, in terms of work, family and everything else and all my friends are here. I'm glad that I'm able to be part of this company and I'm looking forward to go with this company, wherever that may lead me.