When I was younger I was told to be quiet by my parents. I asked too many questions and sometimes they couldn't find the answers. Today I ask even harder questions to the most pressing problems related to energy and the environment. I'm the first in my family to have not one but two degrees. Despite the fact I still have yet to break free from the burdens of being a poor first gen immigrant I am proud of how far I have come. If anything statistics would say I shouldn't have accomplished all that I have, but I have. And I am more emboldened to be of service to those just like me. I find myself concerned with the needs of those suffering, the everyday person, and those who don't have a voice. That's where I come from, the bottom. I hope that my experience allows me the opportunity to make a difference in powerful places where decisions are made. To see the changes to our energy system that are just and real. Just as real as my ability to flip a dozen 10:1 burgers ,drop a dozen buns, and wrap them in under a minute.