When I left my job at the preschool, it was to look for something more. I loved how imaginiations would take my days in any
direction, but reality would set in at the end of the day: When I was watching the kids, someone else was earning a paycheck
at a fulfilling career. I knew that the military was not going to make me into a money factory, but the insurance was great
and, at the very least, it would open some doors. Soon after completing an 18 month intensive course in Arabic, I found myself
running a 24/7/365 Top Secret mission for the NSA- an opportunity that I would have never dreamed that I would be doing just a few
years earlier. While there, I began working with some technical applications and was introduced to my first development language:
Python, and realized the incredible power it had in simplifying my job. As my contract with the Army came to an end, I knew that
I was ready for the next challenge in my life and that was to become a software developer.