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About Me — Mari
Quiet thinker who occasionally stumbles upon a brain cell.
Who am I?
It depends on who you ask.
When a job recruiter asks who I am, I might tell them I have an undergraduate and graduate degree dealing with computers from a university in a desert, and that I’m interested in machine learning applications in the space industry.
When people ask who I am in my free time, I tell them that I am still working on protecting my free time and figuring out who I am when I get to choose leisure over perceived obligations.
When captcha asks me who I am, I tell it that I am a human.
When my therapist asks me who I am, I tell them I am someone who is struggling with self-confidence and my Asian-American identity.
When people ask who I was as a child, I tell them I grew up surrounded by mountains and snow, and spent my time in the pool and dreaming.
When old friends ask who I’ve become, I tell them I am always growing and evolving into someone new.
When I ask myself who I am, I get lost. I don’t really know who I am to myself. But I’m working on showing myself that I am someone who perseveres towards the goals I set, someone who is learning to balance life, and someone who is trying to…
