I grew up in a small town in Kentucky called Owenton. When I was little I always wanted to be a veterinarian. I absolutely loved animals and I always wanted to experience helping them. When I was in seventh grade we had people that came to our school in uniform to recruit volunteers to help the community. They said that you would go to an encampment, earn a ground-team badge, fly planes, and make friends you never imagined. This program is called Civil Air Patrol, a branch of the Air Force. Well, that sounded like something I would love so I joined and the next thing I know my life has been changed. Over the course of the past year I have achieved a high rank and have flown three times! My many achievements in Civil Air Patrol have guided me on the way to aerospace engineering.