It's it's actually it puts you in the community where people share your values with you.

They say, You know, fish doesn't understand that it's in the water unless it's, you know, gets out of the water.

So for me, it was a challenge to prioritize and, uh, find time for each activities that I really enjoyed, especially across campus.

You know, the university gives you so many nice opportunities.

They organize different social events, social mixers, networking events as well as workshops where you condone something more.

In addition to your problems, theme.

University of California, San Diego has one of the best cognitive science departments in the world.

I wanted to get involved at the highest level and just learned from the best in the field.

I also love San Diego.

The weather here is awesome.

So it was an easy self.

Right behind me is the San Diego Supercomputer Center.

One thing that drew me to this was I always saw these huge centers at companies like Facebook and Google, and having one under university institution is amazing because it's a valuable resource in being able to help us process large computational problems, and being able to give us the resource is we need to challenge bigger problems.

I'm still learning a lot every day about how the secret computer works, and it's really exciting to learn first by getting firsthand experience.

California oversee a perfect blend off opportunities.

First of all, I have a background in life sciences and technology, and I wanted, you know, like Teoh move in this direction by may be taken internship in industries that combined medical medical sphere with technology.

Second, think, of course, the weather and climate.

I really like it.

Despite the fact that I was born in Siberia, I still enjoy only warm, quite warm weather and so on.

Growing up in South Africa has really there's a culture off Boonchu, which means helping the people around you helping your community, and I've been very fortunate to be in the position I'm in and the positions I've been in the past as a result of the people around me, I would have never had the opportunities I had.

If it weren't for the people who supported me, who men toward me who tooted me, and I really think it's my responsibility to do so when I can.

When I'm in a position to on that really helps motivate the decision to help people.

So the main reason I became an R A is to have a significant impact on the lives of my residence.

I really believe that everyone needs someone who's there for them, who's on their side, who can refer them to.

The resource is they need when they need them.

Who can be the person to listen to on.

I really wanted to be that person for the residents of war in college.

My name is Lee Under Dunder.

I'm from Johannesburg, South Africa.

I'm studying cognitive science at the University of California, San Diego.

My name is ELISA.

I'm from Russia and I'm currently studying at uses D.