Of all subject areas that I have been exposed to, biology is one where I strive to learn more because it excites me and pushes my brain to think about the overlooked mechanisms of biological life. Taking the Advanced Placement Biology class, I entered a new world of science, different from any other science I had studied before. The balance between the study of microscopic mechanisms, like photosynthesis and cells, to the big ______, including genetic drift and immune systems, in biology is unlike other fields. The application of biology in everyday life fascinates and inspires me to learn more about the processes that create and fuel the world. As a high school student intern at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, my research is based in