ExperienceVT

n life, we’re often faced with opportunities disguised as choices. Sometimes these opportunities have the potential to change our entire lives without us having any idea of the impact it could have on our life. I was an 18-year-old who was convinced that I was going to work in the aerospace industry. If you had asked me as a freshman what I was going to do, I would have told you that I was going to help colonize Mars. As I now understand, things happen and your plans don’t generally work out the way you want them to, but it took many unexpected turns for me to realize this.

This past academic year I experienced a large amount of hardships and was overwhelmed with feelings of being lost, alone, and unmotivated. I had no interest in staying home in Texas for the summer and was fortunate enough to find an internship with Student Affairs, allowing me to stay in Blacksburg.