Where to begin with Isay Acenas? Starting with the agricultural project she started in her first year at NYU, focusing on irrigation development and rice farming in the Philippines, to being a delegate at a U.N. climate meeting in Abu Dhabi this past summer, the CAS junior tracks us through her incredible globe-trotting journey. She talks about being the first undergraduate to win the Make a Difference Grant, the pleasant surprises that come with cutting class, and how she processes challenges and failure. We also dissect what a passion really is and what it means to follow one at all.