challengegiven us a each year and then we go to the process of brainstorming, designing to my prototyping, building, and rebuilding multiple times until a working solution is achieved. in addition to the six week time period. many students involved in the program experience for the first time the importance of interaction and communication with adults such as mentors and judges. while that was not a problem so much for me because of my experience in becoming an cap. first at the ideas of a conversation last year with a family friend who became interested in the program. roboticsted in a lego trip and took it to a school trip in rwanda. she went on to serve as a judge at a recent tournament and hopes to become a mentor in the near future. as a student i have always had an interest in math and science, but it was not until the last few years to m streets with first i realized i would like to pursue a career with stem. i have applied to virginia tech and i hope to work in solving life challenges. >> excellent. thank you very much. now i would like to recognize the next witness. >> thank you