As a child, I vividly remember myself pressing the switches on my father’s old PC. I didn’t know what they were doing, but the reaction of the lights and how they made the monitor light up just sparked something in me. The older I grew, the more these things fascinated me and called me towards them. My brothers would always move over to give me room whenever I wanted to watch them build a computer (organizing the wires,...

They say people that didn't like school much typically become teachers. I think this statement is left a little too vague, because for me it was the contrary. I've always enjoyed learning, but school was definitely a journey. From the day I could speak, all I would talk about was how much I wanted to be able to read and "know everything in the world, ever." On my first day of kindergarten, I vividly remember walking into the classroom and...

You'll miss your family and friends way back home...