"I feel extremely lucky to serve and lead alongside the most determined, passionate and intelligent people." Those words from this week's #FirstieFriday, C1C Madison Marsh, Madison says it's her fellow cadets who've made her experience at #youracademy so memorable and she encourages other cadets to focus on the people around them too, "You are not going to remember your test scores or GPA in 15, 10, or even 5 years from now. You will remember the long-lasting relationships and memories that you make at the Academy. Invest in those around you because numbers fade, people do not." When not working on her physics degree (astrophysics concentration) Madison continues her work advocating for more research into pancreatic cancer - the disease that took her mom, Whitney, when Madison was a teenager. She also enjoys leading cadet volunteer programs like drives for the children’s hospital, animal shelter visits, and reading at local schools. She says, "Volunteering fills up my cup and I l...