I'm a mechanical engineer undergrad who has always been drawn to how things work and why they're built the way they are. Aerospace was my first interest in engineering as my grandfather worked for Pan American Airlines and my aunt worked at Tinker Air Force Base which made airplanes a recurring interesting part of my life. It pushed me toward science early on, because I wanted to understand how airplanes fly and the forces that make it possible.
By 5th and 6th grade, I was the first and only student in my school's aircraft club, learning about lift, drag, and pressure differences long before I knew what "engineering" really meant. Science fairs became my place to experiment, and in 6th grade I built my own wind tunnel and tested all kinds of airfoils just because I was genuinely curious.
From there, engineering just became the way I saw the world. Through middle and high school, I took every engineering class I could and spent years learning CAD 3D modeling softwares.
Now, as I look toward Summer 2027 opportunities, I'm driven by that same mix of curiosity, hands‑on building, and the excitement I felt the first time I watched air move through the wind tunnel I built as a kid.
