How would I describe myself? It seems like that question comes up over and over, from my scholarship applications to my Tinder bio. I usually try to sum it up with "I'm a nerd who loves travel," but that seems like a copout. So, who am I? I'm a university student, hence the nerd part, studying mechanical engineering with a hefty sprinkling of a business minor to keep life interesting. I love what I study, despite all the long nights locked in the lab building long past everyone else has left, crying over my computer because “final project code attempt #13” wouldn't work. I never wanted to be studying engineering, but here I am going into year three of six. My dad always joked about me following in the footsteps of “the greatest man I know,” but I always laughed saying there was no way that would ever happen. I didn't really know what I wanted until I took an engineering class in high school and the rest is history. For now, who knows what I'll be studying? Maybe planes? Space? Robots? The world is my oyster. Traveling has always been something I love. My favourite quote is the cheesy classic: “The world is a book and those who don't travel only read a page.” It's true though and I am trying to travel the world bit by bit and experience the different cultures. I actually learned a whole new language in order to travel more easily, although my parents were more interested in challenging me by putting me in French Immersion (see the part about me being a nerd). Learning French was a lot more fun than I thought and let me move to France when I was sixteen by myself. The only challenge with that was that I knew Quebecois French. For those who don't know, Quebecois French is a lot lazier than Parisian French. It has this nifty thing where if you don't know a word in French, you can usually just say the English equivalent with a French accent, and they'd understand you. This led to many weird experiences, especially when I accidentally told an elderly couple that I was pregnant the first time I met them, but I digress. I love traveling. Most recently, I came back from a trip to Scotland. It's a romanticized country, both in literature and on television, but they don't do it justice. It's an absolutely beautiful place filled with the friendliest people I've met. There are so many castles all with unique stories. I also learned a lot more about history, things you don't get to learn halfway across the world. I've been to England several times over, insisting to fly through London to my destination. Every time I go, I see something new and there's still so much for me to discover. Most recently, I discovered a little hole in the wall Charles Dickens Museum. My next place on my bucket list is Germany. Seeing what you've studied cannot be described in words, and I look forward to visiting history in person. So that covers my bare-bones summary of myself, but I think that anyone can say those things. Everyone loves to travel and being nerdy isn't necessarily an uncommon thing. So, the question still stands, who am I? I think it boils down to I don't know. I'm an almost twenty-year-old girl in university. I have my whole life ahead of me and no one knows what I will accomplish. That possibility excites and terrifies me, but I look forward to seeing what the future holds.