Since beginning college in Fall 2015, I have improved upon old skills and developed new skills that I will continue to fine tune throughout the rest of my undergraduate career, to hopefully prepare me to apply and enter into vet school. From my participation in the Scholars program I have improved upon my time management skills in order to better balance the commitments for the program, along with my academics. STEM EE Scholars has supplemented my already developed time management skills that I gained riding horses competitively since age nine, which I still currently engage in and balance along with my academics and other activities. I also started into research in a field totally new to me, protein engineering, in order to expand my knowledge and challenge myself in a different area, which will promote my critical thinking skills. I am also working to continuously improve my leadership skills with my new position on the executive board of the Pre-Veterinary Medical Association for the 2016-2017 school year. I also learned to appreciate diversity on my study abroad program to Nicaragua in January of 2016, which I am excited to share with other students interested in study abroad in The College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Science through my involvement in Voyagers. Voyagers will help improve my communication skills since I will be presenting in front of classrooms to promote study abroad programs. I look forward to continuing to expand on these skills in the years to come.