Submission Number: 502
Submission ID: 1647
Submission UUID: 0be5d30a-555a-4279-af47-bd30fd141d78

Created: Sun, 03/30/2025 - 22:13
Completed: Sun, 03/30/2025 - 22:13
Changed: Mon, 04/21/2025 - 17:59

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Submitted by:Anonymous
Language: English

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Sophia
Fuller
She/Her
Boulder
Colorado
United States of America
80301
Mechanical Engineering
English
While I have not had many chances to travel, the moments that I did experience outside of the United States greatly changed my perspective on the world around me. A few years ago I had the chance to travel to Italy with my family for three weeks. I had only been outside of the United States once before to Mexico but I was young during that trip and I don't remember much so this was the first time I would be able to properly understand the world around me while there. This trip was such a big culture shock. People were so much different than in the States. They had different traditions and a different way of life. Every turn was a new way of thinking about the world and I want to experience more of this and learn more about what the world is like for people of other cultures.
Global experiences and new perspectives can bring new ideas to the table. Different understandings of something creates different ways of solving a problem and compiling those solutions can greatly benefit everyone. All throughout high school, I was in the lighting crew for the school theater. Everyone who was in that crew grew up differently and had different experiences with lighting. Those who were completely new to lighting and those who had more experiences had completely different ways of solving problems but when you compiled those remedies they formed more efficient solutions and a better overall understanding of how we may solve the same problem in the future. A greater amount of knowledge created better solutions and benefited everyone in the crew.
I want to be a member of the Global Engineering RAP at CU to expand my knowledge and meet new people. I believe that collaborating with a community that has similar interests as me and wants to help communities through engineering will help me grow as an engineer by allowing me to learn new ways of thinking and gain experiences that may help me think through future problems. I also believe that meeting new people and growing connections is a great thing in life. Being able to reach out and find new opinions will help our generation create a better future. I hope that while in this program, I will be able to share my experiences and help those around me grow as I grow with them.