Problems can be hard enough to solve and solutions are always hard enough to perfect. Adham Moustafa is an advocate for liberal arts education (particularly for students of the sciences) and currently works toward earning a bacehlors degree in mechanical engineering at the Rochester Institute of Technology, Dubai. His passion for problem solving is driven though his intellectual curiosity rooted in his diverse personal and academic experiences. Born in the United States to Syrian students, Moustafa was raised as an international citizen with a perpetual thirst for hearing others' stories and shaping his own vis-à-vis his quest for wisdom. Completing his liberal arts pilgrimage at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts in 2014, Moustafa enrolled at American University's School of Internatonal Service (SIS) in Washington, D.C. before shifting his academic orientation to the sciences. Through these endeavors, Moustafa has learned to prize all forms of knowledge to attempt to answer the universal question: why? This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx