Growing up as a child often included frightening experiences. I remember that when I was five years old, my two sisters and I were sent to live with our grandparents in China. We hadn’t been told what was happening, and I thought our parents were coming with us on the plane. I thought wrong. When I realized this, I cried, but there was nothing I could do about it. While in China, we went to a medical facility weekly...

As a child, I remember loving school and being excited to learn new things every day. This spark slowly faded as I grew older, but I’ve since rediscovered that spark. I found that learning is incredibly enjoyable when it comes to topics that intrigue me, such as certain periods of history and computer programming. I became interested in the classical period of history after my 5th grade teacher introduced Greek mythology to me. I looked into Roman mythology as...