As a future educator, I will have the unique opportunity to influence and inspire tomorrow's engineers.  While this opportunity is incredibly exciting and energizing for me, I recognize the gravity and importance of being an adaptive, inclusive, and effective teacher.  I believe that instilling a love and desire for learning and problem solving is critical to my students' successes, in and outside the classroom.  My pursuit of higher engineering education would not have been possible without the encouragement, support, and nurture graciously provided to me by numerous faculty members at several institutions.  It is with great enthusiasm that pursue a role as a faculty member with hope to embody these traits in my classroom, and also with respect to my foundational mentors and belief in paying it forward.