This series is a free-form set of thoughts on my experience as part of the inaugural cohort of the National Science Foundation’s CSGrad4US Fellowship. In this post, background and stage setting. — An Introduction October 4, 2021: This post is a bit of a rush-up recap of the last month or so since this period of my life began. Finding out about the fellowship was a late-August surprise, after an unassuming email notification. I still remember Orthogonal Research and Education Lab PI, Dr Bradly…