My college education has allowed me to prosper and find my passions in life. These passions, which I hope to include in my life plan, are accessibility, education, and equality. I want to contribute to making technology and everyday life tasks more accessible to everyone. No one should be held back based on disabilities they cannot control, nor held back based on income or circumstance. Education is incredibly important, and opportunities are not the same for everyone, whether it be because of income, neighborhood, appearance, or other responsibility. Technology is a huge part of this - schools in lower income areas do not have the same opportunities to expose their students to new learning techniques, perhaps simply because they lack the equipment to do so. Some students have barriers to education based on their looks - there are some preconceived notions of what some children, and adults, should study and/or have access to. Women, people of color, the LGBTQ+ community, and people of certain religions are still heavily disadvantaged in many prospects. Accessibility and education are huge in changing this inequality. These marginalized groups need equal access to opportunities and confidence in living their everyday lives, which is heavily influenced by discrimination. Education is huge in changing these existing negative attitudes and raising children with open minds towards people who are different from them.

Everyone should be able to have the same opportunities for our society to succeed. I believe the key to this is technology, open access to information, and bridging the gap between other people’s experiences. My Grand Plan for life is to continue my career path in software development by contributing my time and energy into making technology and information more accessible to everyone, creating educational platforms, and continuing my pursuit for equality for all.