Hello, my name is Joel John and this is little about myself. Both my parents were born in Kerala India and met before immigrating to America in the 1980’s. They both moved to Southern Los Angeles which is where they began there studies. My father went to UCLA for respiratory therapy and my mom got her associates in Nursing. In 1990 they got married and moved to Long Beach California. I was born in 1997 in Inglewood however, not very long after my parents moved to North East Philadelphia where I spent a majority of my childhood. My dad began working at St. Christopher Hospital and then got a job at Temple University Hospital. This is the main reason I came to Temple University for my undergraduate degree. I decided to choose Mechanical Engineering because of my uncle who worked for Boeing for 25 years. He got me interested in the aviation and automotive industries and is the main reason I am taking fluids today.