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The summer before my freshman year of high school, I watched a video titled “Quantum Computing Expert Explains One Concept in 5 Levels of Difficulty” by Wired, which changed the trajectory of my life. Previously, I had felt an extreme dissonance between my want to work with quantum physics & intangible concepts and my need to create and innovate in our tangible world. Quantum computing was the realization of these two passions. As I continued through high school and entered college, I only became more certain that I wanted to be on the cutting edge of computing technologies, and more open to what that meant.Currently, I am a sophomore at Purdue University pursuing a degree in Electrical Engineering with a concentration in quantum technologies. This year, I am taking courses in Electrical Engineering fundamentals, including, but not limited to, Linear Circuit Analysis and Digital Circuit Design. I have four years of educational and industry experience in software development. During these years, I have learned and used six different programming languages in contexts, such as web development, game development, data analysis, basic I/O algorithms, and basic AI algorithms. In the coming years, I plan to focus my studies on microelectronics and nanotechnologies while continuing to develop and expand my software development knowledge.