 Hi, I am Staff Sergeant Anastasia Rodriguez, a jet engine mechanic stationed at Mcdale Air Force Base, and I am a enrolled tribal member of the Raymond Avalon Reservation. I entered the Air Force back in 2010, something like that, as an aircraft mechanic, and been doing that so far. I traveled a lot of places, Korea, Las Vegas, Nevada, and Davis Malthan in Tucson, Arizona, and now I'm at Mcdale. Best memories so far, I guess, would be traveling around, meeting a lot of diverse people in the military and learning about different cultures and stuff. Most recent is my visit to the Pentagon to speak to the Secretary of the Air Force regarding Indigenous natives in the Air Force Space Force. It was an awesome trip and super memorable. My family are super proud. My parents have been very fortunate to follow me around to most of all of my events or TDWs. They would probably be here today if they didn't have another event, but my father actually is the one who drew up our Indigenous Nations Equality Patch for the Air Force Space Force, so he also was invited to the Pentagon, and we had a great time as a family. Joining the Air Force was just a better option, where I come from. I come from a small town, and seeing how a lot of the youth in my area were going down, I guess, not so good roads, this was my best option to have a better future. And I continue to show my cousins, my nieces, and everybody what a positive impact being in the military has been.