We continually overlook the power and potential of ideas. For me, I took one thing that happened to stumble into my brain while on a run turned in an internationally recognized project, and allowed me to meet the people who changed my entire life. This experience, of course, was the Intel ISEF. The week changed my life. My perspective of people, cultures, science, our existence has been transformed in a way nobody except ISEF alum can comprehend. When you are hanging around people who are the smartest in the world, and come in contact with what the world truly has to offer, it is simply the worst feeing in the world to wake up to reality of a close minded high school setting.

My goal and mission now is to take my ideas, some crazy, some just improving our every day lives with innovation and technology , and change our world. There is absolutely no reason why I should limit myself and tell myself that this is an impossible goal. I have the chance now. I am young and I have time.

This is an exciting time. The entire way we live as a society is being changed rapidly with the use of technology, and every person has the same opportunity to make an impact on global human behavior. I embrace this time, and will not stop working until I know that I have made my own unique impact on this world. I’ve tasted what it means to leave a lasting impact on the world with ISEF, and I am ready for more.