I was chosen as one of just 20 students to represent Biola University’s Cinema & Media Arts program at the groundbreaking of the university’s $92 million In-N-Out–donated building, alongside Lynsi Snyder—breaking ground not only on concrete, but on possibility. The moment felt surreal: standing at the edge of the most technologically advanced space in my school’s history, witnessing the California dream take physical form. For me, it marked a commitment to the future of innovation, storytelling, and the digital frontier—where emerging tools and cinematic language shape culture, influence perception, and help define the world we live in today, and I was there at day ‘‘0”.