Math was always fun, but in the end it was problem solving, and really applying my technical knowledge to help solve problems, that appealed to me the most! My path from math-and-music-loving high school student to ECE graduate student was full of twists and turns, but I've learned a lot along the way! I grew up playing several instruments, and when college application time came around I was interested in finding technical applications for my music interest (a relief to parents afraid of me becoming a starving musician!). I was accepted by Carnegie Mellon University into both their ECE department and the School of Music, and set forth to study acoustics and the physics of musical sound. I met a professor with a similar background who worked with the acoustics of speech, and though it moved me from music I was excited for the new range of possibilities that the combination of electrical engineering, computer science, and linguistics offered. An undergraduate research project, several internships, and four years of grad school later, I hope that I may one day help to make the billions of written and spoken resources out there more accessible to everyone, regardless of the length, structure, or language!