My love for the city where I am from is rivaled only by my love of learning. Specifically, I enjoy being able to understand the world around me by gaining knowledge about people, places, events, and ideas that are meaningful and important. Since I tend to look for the meaning in everything and consider everything meaningful to be important, I tend to naturally gain knowledge about the world around me that fuels my understanding. Of all the things I know and understand, language is among my favorites.
I am fluent in two languages: English and Spanish. I enjoy being able to think and interpret the world through the lens of my Hispanic American identity, which is enabled, in part, by the two languages I speak. In my opinion, language is much more than the precise pronunciation and arrangement of particular phonemes. Rather, language is a powerful tool for communication that enables human connection. Therefore, my love for language is, arguably, really love for communication.
When I began my undergraduate academic journey at Arizona State University, I was particularly inspired by scientific thinking and communication and, thus, chose to pursue a degree in Biological Sciences (Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior) through The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and Barrett, The Honors College at ASU. In May 2022, I will complete my academic quest that stemmed from a desire to combine my love for learning, language, and communication (particularly, scientific communication) through higher education.