This past semester went quite differently than anyone could have imagined. What started off last spring as a normal return to classes, day to day life as a student continued just as normal as before. Everyday was spent with my fellow classmates learning everything we could about aviation mechanics, everything from learning to draw part diagrams to creating those exact parts in the sheet metal shop. What we all expected to be a fun and relaxing spring break eventually ended up being a lengthy hiatus from the shop and a new world of online learning. A unique but challenging way of learning for myself and many others. As a trade school student studying to be a technician you could probably understand the difficulty of learning such over Zoom! But through perseverance and maybe a little bit of luck we were able to make it through and eventually make it back for some brief time in the hangar before finishing the first major part of my license, the airframe section of the airframe and powerplant certification. I decided that to get the most from my education I would take a pause for the second section until the madness that surrounds us all settles down and I will be able to continue my study in a way that I will be sure to understand everything presented to me. In this period of absence I have been working on the island for a company, Fuller’s Energy, which installs residential and commercial solar systems all throughout the island. Although it doesn’t exactly pertain to my field of study I have definitely enjoyed learning about this field and how far solar technology has come and continues to grow. It feels good to see the continued growth of green energy on our island and it feels even better to be able to be a part of that growth. I look forward to returning soon to finish my mechanical trade but for now I am happy to be back on island and helping out in the ways I can. As always, thank you to all MVYouth has given and continues to give to me and the community. Your support means so much to so many, myself included.