I remember the first time I fell in love as Hurricane Isabel made landfall in my homestate, Virginia in September 2003. I remember trying to look through the second story window of our apartment as a tree branch distorted my view of the outside world. Waves of rain battering the window. The sound of the wind howling through the city. The lights flickering until finally shutting off completely. I remember the moment of calmness as Isabel's eye rested over the city. As an adolescent, when the storm was finally over I rallied up a group of friends, I named the Grasshoppers, to go around the neighborhood cleaning storm debris from our neighbors' yards. Such joy rushed over me with the smiles and thank-yous the Grasshoppers received from our neighbors. That's the moment I fell in love with weather and helping the community.With the help of the amazing faculty and staff of Florida Tech, I was able to revisit that love through obtaining the knowledge and skillsets of Meteorology. I'm no stranger to adversity. Playing "catch-up" the first year of graduate school from having an undergraduate degree in Mathematics instead of Meteorology. I managed to graduate with a high GPA from Florida Tech's Master's of Meteorology program. I am a self driven, self aware, cautious individual with a proven track record having the ability to adapt and adjust to difficult situations successfully.My interests include forecasting, climatology, severe weather, tropical meteorology and coastal preservation, emergency management, and community outreach.I am currently seeking employment into the atmospheric/environmental science field.