i may basketball, football, frc hasan, but for me been so different from every other activity i has been through, there is a subculture behind it. flowers, others, they are the people who are my role models with respect to engineering. that is unique to first and to these stem activities. challenging -- i think first the challenge that is performing has pushed me to engage these stem fields to firmly and more thoroughly than anything i have ever done in class. .p.ave done all these a classes, and i have gotten the grades. being in first, i have gotten better grades. it has been very unique and more different and very valuable. it has been fun. we have all alluded to being fun is critical in engaging students in stem in these fields. has done that in these programs. importantly, the fact we get to interact with these professional mentors made a huge difference in my own life. i work with a person who is here who is with me today, and these people have become role models in pursuing an engineering career and getting back to the community. frc has made a personal change on me in that level.