Do It Yourself (DIY) Diagnostics was a no brainer for a medical school wannabe like me. During the FRI picnic, which showcased all the streams and their educators, the DIY Diagnostics poster and the wonderful Research Educator Tim Riedel was the only stream that caught and held my attention, making it the only stream that I wanted to be a part of. This research stream offers so many opportunities for individuality and support for the development of whatever it is that you want to pursue in this field of diagnostic research and discovery. I love how technologically forward this stream has been, especially with the diagnostic phone apps that many of us researchers have been working on. Learning how to code for these apps has been a really difficult and tedious, yet useful and a pretty cool skill that this non-computer science major has been learning how to do. I also love the support that I have from my R.E. and fellow researchers. We have each other to bounce ideas off of and help stumble through the long process that is research, and long hours in the lab have been made fun because of the people that are a part of this stream. If you want to join FRI and you have some great ideas and you want to be able to do your own independent projects and learn all about the process that is research and discovery then this is definitely the stream for you!