California 

The U.S. state of California stretches for approximately 900 miles along the Pacific coast, extending from the Mexican border. Its landscape encompasses rugged coastal cliffs, redwood forests, the Sierra Nevada mountain range, the fertile lands of the Central Valley, and the Mojave Desert. The city of Los Angeles is the hub of the Hollywood entertainment industry. San Francisco, a city characterized by its hilly terrain, is renowned for the Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz Island, and its cable cars. This is our home state; it is also home to Silicon Valley—which boasts the world’s sixth-largest economy—representing a journey in pursuit of the immense possibilities of human life. The world gets lost in this very place!