Working with my parents and participating in the FBLA competitive events have shaped me as a person. My parents own a struggling motel and do not have much money to hire employees. This encouraged me to step up and take over managerial operations and front desk responsibilities while they worked at another job. Because the motel is not vastly technology advanced, the room renting process and bookkeeping was all on paper. I have seen firsthand how tedious these processes could be on traditional pen and paper. I knew then that there was another reason why I wanted to go to college and pursue a computer science degree. I want to build my parents a system through coding that will help them rent rooms and keep records through technology. At the