Despite majoring in microbiology in college, my first passion is filmmaking. And although my schedule was chockfull of labs and technical courses, I was able to carve out some time to take some filming classes. I know I will probably never use the knowledge I gleaned in these classes professionally, but they were some of the most enjoyable of my academic career.

My crowning achievement in filmmaking was a short I made starring my roommate. He was an incredibly unusual person, so for an entire day I followed him around with my camera stabilizing system. After editing the footage and adding a soundtrack, I was able to create a representative microcosm of college life. The film didn’t win any Oscars, but it was chosen as one of the top student films of the year and shown at a local film festival.