So when I was young, I would always be the student that finished their work in like seven seconds and then would start bothering other students.

So, I had a fifth grade teacher that noticed that about me and so she went to my parents and she was saying, "I think she's just bored and she needs more of a challenge."

And so she took me in on Saturdays.

She would teach me more challenging math.

So I was in the fifth grade doing sixth and seventh grade math.

And it really helped because I was like, "Wow, I'm really good at math.

I can actually do this."

From there, I just kept shining and kept shining.

I kinda, in a sense, always knew what I wanted to do because that one fifth grade teacher put me on the right path to be able to say education, specifically STEM education, is where I shine the brightest.

And so I wanted to be able to give that back to other students.

And so I went and got my master's in math, also got a second master's in teaching, so that I can show other students that education in STEM is attainable for anybody that wants to put their energy and their love into it.

- You just have to have somebody that believes in you, and have somebody that understands you, and have somebody that's gonna help teach you in a way that you need to be taught so you can see just how beautiful and bright STEM really is.

so you can see just how beautiful and bright STEM really is.