From a young age, I have always shown an increased interest in science. More specifically, discovery and experimentation. I did not want to sit down in a class and learn of something through secondhand methods, I wanted to experience what was being taught. Sixth grade was the first time I took a designated science class. The class was labeled as an introductory science class, meant to cover most aspects of science, but the teacher focused mainly on biology and earth sciences. My love for biology took root and continued to grow as I had some of the best teachers guiding me.
In the middle of my seventh-grade year, my cousin was diagnosed with Otahara Syndrome at just six weeks old and had to have emergency brain surgery before more of his brain