My passion has been in computer science for a long time. Space has been a relatively newfound interest of mine, and I’ve been especially inspired by the major breakthroughs we are witnessing in space transportation and its subsequent the commercialization. It’s also awesome to see folks of the likes of Chris Hadfield showing us just how close space is to this pale blue dot we call home, as well as how much more we have yet to discover. Aerospace, having the infamous line “it’s not rocket science,'' couldn't truly call itself complicated without a healthy dose of insanity, also known as: software engineering. However, no satisfying solution to a challenge comes on a silver platter. This is precisely what I’m looking for in this competition: a difficult, non-straightforward problem that takes a team of people and a bit of wit and dexterity to solve. Along the way, I expect there to be brick walls and points at which we’ll need to step back and learn some new tactics/tools in order to overcome a particular problem. While it may be frustrating to get into it and block the time out to learn something new, these situations are what help mature my background in computer science as well as engineering as a whole. So far, I’ve graduated with an Associates of Science from Portland Community College, and am now at Portland State University expecting to graduate with a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, come Fall 2020. In my non-school time I am also a CS tutor at the MCECS university and I help students navigate the introductory concepts of programming that I once traversed. In my free time, I’m a software engineer for PSAS and have worked on a variety of things, as needed. This ranged from making firmware for custom DAC chips, to assisting in and maintaining software packaging/deployments for varying pieces of hardware. I’m looking to be a supporting role for everything and anything that might need that extra touch of insanity (software).