Even if something does not go 100-percent as planned, you should always follow through. You never know how helpful those lessons will be.

A focus on balance has helped me keep the important things in perspective.

Thanks to my personal "board of directors," I'm no longer alone.

The part of my personal identity that feels responsible for speaking out is so closely tied to the values I’ve been raised on.

Cybersecurity professionals are not the isolated, anti-social, unethical people Hollywood likes to show you, and we need more of them.

2018 was the year I decided to show up for my community.

Persist in doing things that you do for sheer joy, and do so on your own terms — fate might sometimes surprise you!

There will always be people behind you. Even if you think no one is on your side, there is somebody.

I learned how to frustrate myself in the best way possible.

Although it may have been difficult to understand the true significance of this year, every voice and every vote matter.

We hesitate to say that it happened for a reason, but maybe the inverse is true: that his death created a reason.

The biggest lesson we learned this year is to just go for it and jump all in!!

My worth was not dependent on my job, my abilities or my accomplishments. I was loved precisely as I was.

We're all human, and it's ok not to be ok.

An interdisciplinary approach is the key for success. All perspectives are necessary to work outside your discipline.

It's possible to graduate from college debt-free. I know because I'm doing it!

Climate change is predicted to increase the size and number of wildfires in the coming decades.

It truly takes a team to make a big project happen. No one man can pull up a sinking ship.

It takes truly committed staff to make things happen to create a positive change for the future. One person cannot do it alone.

When I reflect on 2018, one lesson learned is the innovation and vitality found in collaboration and partnership.

All actions, decisions, or explorations have the power to be pivotal and influential, no matter how large or small they may seem at first.

Nature has been prototyping and improving its systems for millions of years — engineers should look to nature for design.

While we have made great strides, we still have much work to do.

My friends taught me how to transform my impostor syndrome into a motivator, rather than allowing it to hold me back.

The significance of graphic representation within the context of landscape architecture was the singular most important lesson I learned this quarter.

Everyone gets to choose their own path in life — even my kids!