[Deej]

FIRST started off for me as something a friend heard about during the annoucements one morning...so we went. Being a freshman in highschool, and trying to be "cool" i was making a lot of silly stupid decisions, a trouble maker. During one of the first meetings, going over possible designs, one of the main engineers was upset that I was being rowdy during a meeting, and asked if I even knew what was going on. I said no, and he pulled me up front in front of everyone, and broke everything down. For the next four years, there were three engineers that pulled me under their wing, explaining everything to me. One of them, I looked to as a second father. I was soo excited about engineering, and once I graduated, I knew I had to give back and do the same for someone else. This is now my 7th year(and going to be back next year), and while I'm still learning (engineering student), I'm being a mentor for others, and hoping that I have the same impact. FIRST is truely something that I live for, and am truely proud of the team I'm from, and the team I'm on now.