I landed in the United States in August 2022 with one plan: get the master's, get the job, build the life. Four years later I have the degree, the job, two companies, and seven publications. None of it happened in the order I expected. I came for a Master of Science in Computer and Information Sciences at Oklahoma State University, which I finished in May 2024. My thesis, supervised by Dr. J. Cecil and Dr. John Tetnowski, investigated the impact of virtual reality-based interactions among stu...