I am blessed to be a professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at UNCW. I thank God every day for somehow leading me to this career that I love working daily with young people full of enthusiasm for their future. The path to where I am today was certainly not planned by me. I received C’s in chemistry in high school and never considered science as a major. After taking a chemistry course my first semester as an undergraduate I found out that I was pretty good at it and became a chemistry major. After graduation I worked in industry for a few years but really didn’t enjoy working in a lab. Through a series of events, I eventually found a way to combine my knowledge of chemistry with my love of the ocean and received a Ph.D. in marine sciences at UNC. It just so happened that a postdoctoral position at UNCW was opening up at the same time I was graduating! I have been here since 1997 and have loved every minute. The reason I wanted to write about this journey is because I am convinced God has led me to this wonderful place and life that I lead. I became a Christian at the early age of eight and always knew that God had some plan for me. I didn’t know what it was but I always believed he would lead me to something if I had faith in him. I hope by reading this it will help students who don’t have a specific plan at this stage in their lives to have trust in God to help them find their own path in life. The second thing I would like to write about is something that worried me when I decided to follow a career in science. Specifically, how would learning about science affect my faith in God? Would I discover that everything can be explained by science and therefore somehow lose my faith in God? Well I can tell you that the exact opposite occurred! The more I learned about the intricate details of chemistry and later the amazing complexity of life and the functioning of the earth my faith has become even stronger. Through research I am able discover for the first time amazing new insight into the functioning of our planet where I also see the hand of God. I have found that science and belief in God are not in conflict for me and the more I learn the stronger my faith becomes.