In 1992, I was only 16 years old and was attending the high school of Lycee Provincial of Koudougou when I met for the first time my uncle Gounbgamogo Louis Kaboré who came from Ouagadougou to supervise a project in the city of Koudougou, Burkina Faso. At that time, my dream was to become a gendarme. However, one day, I saw my uncle Louis reading an architectural blueprint. I did not know anything about architecture, but all the sudden a profound desire to study and work in the field of architecture became my desire. Later, my uncle enrolled me in a two-year training program in the building construction field. I got an internship with BTM, a general contractor in building based in Burkina Faso in the city of Ouagadougou. During my internship period, I realized that there was a difference between the architect, the engineer and the overseers on the construction site. And from that time, I decided that I definitely wanted to become an architect. All this happened between 1998 and the year of 2000. I had a clear vision and a deep passion, but how to fulfill it was the ultimate question, because there was no school of architecture in Burkina Faso. So, I worked with my uncle in the field of building construction while thinking how to make my dream become true. I spent about five years working with my uncle. And then from the year of 2004 to 2005, it was clear that I needed to go abroad to pursue my dream. Every seed must be planted in the right environment in order for it to be successful. I decided to go to Canada, but couldn’t get a student visa. So, I decided to land in the United States of America and thanks to God willing, my visa was approved on August 2005. I landed in USA not speaking any English and was determined to become an architect. I started my ESL classes at the 

LCC – University of Houston, transferred to Houston Community College and in 2010 was finally enrolled at PVAMU SOA as a student in architecture.