I had the opportunity to work with NAnA ETS in a somewhat unlucky moment in my life: I had lost my PhD position due to COVID-19 two months before I could start, which made me officially unemployed. Around that time, NAnA provided me with a one-year scholarship and the chance to pursue a challenging research project, during which I could further my lab skills, encounter interesting techniques and approaches, and learn how to tackle complex problems in research. Most importantly, with NAnA I could appreciate how closely my career can reflect in the life of people and those that surround them, which added a precious human experience to my job.