In her guest blog, graduate student Brooke Poyhonen shares her work in health, coding, innovation and overcoming doubt during the Texas Healthcare Challenge: Virtual Hackathon. As the 2020 fall semester was dwindling down and my last few big projects were being completed, I set about making a list of goals I wanted to complete before my graduation in the spring. One of them included gaining new experiences and putting myself out there. With this past year of pandemic-related quarantines and virtual learning, it was very easy to fall into a place of complacency. Entering 2021, I wanted to push myself out of my comfort zone.