[Roboderp]

For me personally it was learning how to step back from my leadership in electrical and let my little ducklings learn how to do things hands on.

stepping back especially in your senior year is a difficult thing. Lets be real its your last year and you want to do everything and make the most of it. The look of confidence on the younger one`s faces when they realized they do know what they`re doing is priceless. i found It was much more rewarding to help develop the passion for STEM in another person over the season.

seeing someone else do the work that you would normally be doing is hard at times and there were times where i was sad and i felt like i didn't`t do much, but now that i look back at it i can see the passion that these people now hold that i helped instill. When you take a step back you can really appreciate how much FIRST impacts lives.

FIRST has taught me so many valuable lessons. My team members taught me how to be patient and kind (even though i wanted to hit them at times). They also taught me what real friends are. My mentors taught me that even though my family hasn't before me, i can go to college and that success stories aren`t just in fairy tales. my mentors also give me the resources i need to be successful. My team is my family and they have taught me so much that it would be too long winded to write it all. Leaving them is so bittersweet im proud of my team and im confident in the leaders for next year but ill miss seeing my family almost every day, ill still visit(and mentor in my professional years). even when i get older these people will always be in my heart.

Thank you to all of the mentors and students for changing my life.