I believe that being an inquisitive foodie has played a major partrole in where I am today; scienceScience and the incredible answers it provided to my multiple queries always made it a special favorite of mine. I remember poring over the Charlie Brown's Encyclopedia set when I was really young, and following the 'How it's Made' television series on Discovery channel as alsowell as the MasterChef series tilluntil very recently. Around the time I was in middle school, I started developing an interest in cooking gourmet dishes. I especially loved baking, and perceivingdiscovering the science involved, in the process - how the different ingredients interacted with each other and how each one contributed to the texture, flavor, and palatability of the baked goods. It was thenThat's when that I understood that thererealized there was so much to ascertainunderstand about food, whether it was about comprehending the chemical reactions involved that attributes towhich give it its organoleptic characteristics, or theits degradation of food due to sundrythe sun-drying of physical, chemical and microbiological factors, or even the technology involved in the manufacturing and preservation of food. There was an ocean of possibilities and inventions yet to be conceived! Furthermore, with an alarmingly increasing prevalence of hunger and malnourishmentmalnutrition, in addition to several outbreaks of food-borne diseases across various nations, I realized that I wanted to contribute to ensuring safer, healthier, wholesome and superior quality food. This realization motivated me to choose Food Processing and Engineering as my majorMajor in college.