I’ve decided to pursue aerospace engineering as my career. My plan was always to pursue engineering, but I never completely pinpointed what kind of engineering that would be. Aerospace engineering interested me because my second interest is to pursue aviation, either in the Navy or in commercial jobs. If that option doesn’t work out, mechanical engineering would be the next best thing, preferably working with cars. My general curiosity about how things work and my desire to create things are what mainly pushed me to engineering. My dad is the person who taught me to wonder and think about these things so that I’m able to understand what works to help recreate and improve the world around me. I got into the actual topic of engineering after looking into what engineering actually was. I found that my school had been providing a class on engineering specifically, and that pushed me to pursue that as a career. 

I’m currently taking an Engineering 2 class, my second year participating in an engineering focus class to get experience with the subject. For this final year I have with this opportunity before college, I hope to hone my previously learned skills so I can carry that over to my future higher-level engineering classes and job opportunities. The engineering program I've been a part of should be one of the best ways to assist me in obtaining those opportunities in the form of an internship or any other position in the subject. My senior year classes are meant to reflect vital skills that I will utilize for college engineering. AP Calculus and Seminar focus on my mathematic skill and communication in a professional setting. 

As of right now, my extracurricular activities consist of marching band, Boy Scouts, and special needs care at my church. Each of these activities helps me develop skills like working as a team to accomplish something, being able to lead a group of people effectively, and knowing how to care for people in need. All of which I think should be useful in the communication aspect of an engineering team. Even though I haven’t been employed yet, I hope to find a job that can incorporate these skills so I can better develop them by using those skills in different scenarios and settings. 

After I graduate, I plan on going to a college in Texas A&M and joining their engineering program for my last 2 years, after I attend my core classes in Nevada at a community college. I would like to get experience through internships now or during college, so I can learn and observe the work of real engineers and maybe even contribute to important ideas early on in my career. Another option would be to join the Naval Academy and become an engineer in their facilities and such to work on military equipment or vehicles. 

I hope that once I become an engineer, I’ll be able to contribute to communities by helping improve the quality of life in the vehicles people will use to get places or improve home life for people. I hope that I can influence society to keep imagining and wondering about the inner workings of the things around them so that other people can strive to improve the world as most other engineers do.  I hope to impact the world in ways that can improve the efficiency of systems or inventions, so that we can continue to evolve our way of life and to always improve on what came before. I hope that my impact on the world will end up being positive. All I’ve wanted to do is improve the world, not harm it, and this is where I think I can help the world the most while still being curious and insightful.