Leila

Childhood: “You need to have a sense of wonder about the world, and you also have to love solving puzzles”

High School: “It’s really exciting to work on all different parts of a project - the electrical, the mechanical, the programming, the modeling, and the testing”

College: “I did a lot of hands-on work with robotics, and mechanical and electrical systems”

After graduating: “My everyday job is a combination of designing, building, analyzing, and testing”