I am a first-year design student, and I am still figuring things out and I think that's exactly why you should hear from me. In this talk, I share what it actually feels like to step into the design world for the first time, the excitement, the self-doubt, the brutal critiques, and the moments where I questioned if I belonged here at all. I want to talk about why being a beginner is not a weakness, but a perspective the industry needs more of. Because somewhere between not knowing the rules and slowly learning them, I've found that's where the most honest design thinking happens.