During the summer going into my junior year of high school I was fortunate enough to be selected to be a research intern in Nationwide Children’s Hospital Bakaletz lab. During this internship, I collaborated with my mentor and lab group to invent a vaccine to disrupt Non-typeable Haemophilus Influenzae’s biofilm formation, making ear infections easier to treat and prevent in children. During this internship, I was pleasantly surprised by the freedom I was given. Instead of being given a sheet with steps on it, I had to create those steps and document them in my lab journal so my experiments can be replicated. For this reason, a skill that I improved during this experience was my ability to trust the process. Since this project was my responsibility, I had to put all of my trust and faith into myself, and accept mistakes that I may make. There was no time for second guessing. I learned to think quickly, and double check even quicker. Working in a lab is unique and gratifying, not only did I make advances in the world of research, but I also made advances in my character. At the end of my internship I presented a poster project depicting my research to hospital staff. The research paper depicting my findings was published in October of 2019 to major biomedical databases such as PubMed. At this time, I was unaware of my love for neuroscience and psychology, so in the future, I plan to expand my research to these areas as well.