I will be forever grateful for the amazing professors in the Education department who gave me the tools and support to discover myself over these last four years. Thank you for pushing me harder than I wanted, but just enough for what I needed. Thank you for the lifelong friends I've made along the way, especially during those all-nighters in CV circle. But most importantly, thank you Mom, my best friend and personal tutor, for giving me the freedom to discover my strengths, to let me be who I needed to be, and never letting me fail. None of this could have been possible without you, Dad (go Navy!), the Boys, and the Lord. Thank you CUA for the most memorable experience of my life. God Bless.