Ever since I can remember, I’ve wanted to be a doctor. DIY Diagnostics initially appealed to me, because of its direct relation to healthcare. Creating tools for both physicians and non-physicians to use at their fingertips will streamline our approach to healthcare by providing more timely assistance. To me, FRI is an opportunity for even the most inexperienced students to find a place in a research environment, may it be a wet lab or a computer lab. Being in a research community has complemented my experience at UT by allowing me to share a workspace with students who have similar interests to mine, as well as encouraging me to manage my time between schoolwork and lab. My favorite experience in DIY so far was during my summer fellowship, when I finished my last round of ZIKA PCR for the summer, and I saw all my data come together in a plot. Seeing everything I had spent hours on put together in a clean graph felt like placing a cherry on top of a “freakshake”.