I grew up across the street from the construction site of the Los Angeles County + USC hospital. For 8 years that was the first thing I saw as I stepped foot outside my house and it deeply influenced my interest in buildings. I considered studying architecture until I took physics in high school. From building rockets to calculating exactly where a ball would land, I knew I wanted to continue learning physics. I went to UC San Diego and studied Structural Engineering; a combination of physics, buildings, and a little bit of architecture. My favorite (and most challenging) courses involved design. I loved the fact that we created models of the projects we designed. This brought back my interest in architecture and resulted in a minor in Urban Studies and Planning where I focused on Urban Design / Built Environment. However, I believed this was not enough exposure to architecture and decided to look into architecture for graduate school. I received a Master of Science in Architectural Engineering from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo advancing my studies in both structural engineering and architecture. I look forward to starting my career as a structural designer.