Even as a toddler, Julian was interested in how things worked. He liked to watch his parents and mimic their actions, including pretending to cook one night when his mom was making some noodles for dinner. In the split second his mom, Ericka, turned to pull a bag of frozen peas out of the freezer, Julian tried grabbing the spoon, which was in the pot of boiling water and noodles, to stir his dinner. Instead of stirring, he accidentally tipped the scalding hot water onto himself and suffered serious burns to his right arm. Julian was rushed to the Emergency Department at Children’s Hospital Colorado, where he was treated by the burn team.  The multidisciplinary team within the Burn Center at Children’s Colorado helped bandage him up and determined his best care plan moving forward. Three weeks later he received a skin graft. Once Julian was old enough, he started attending Children’s Colorado’s annual Burn Camp and met a lot of kids with burn injuries just like him. Now, 18 and a nearing the end of high school, Julian is still interested in how things work. He is on his high school’s robotics team and even has plans to bring some robotics projects to Children’s Colorado to share with patients and families.