“I am very grateful for the WIC+ Professional Development grant supporting my attendance at the Ultrafast Optics XIV conference held October 5-10th 2025 in Furnas, Portugal. I gave an oral presentation titled “Integrated terahertz generation with high spectral brightness”, in which I discussed my recent work on developing on-chip narrowband THz sources and using them to demonstrate fully integrated nonlinear two-dimensional spectroscopy. The experience was incredible! The conference was highly specialized with only ~200 attendees, which allowed for a single-session conference format. Being able to attend every talk helped me gain a deeper understanding of the current state of the art for ultrafast laser sources, particularly the sources I don’t work with. There is a strong emphasis in the field to develop high average power mid-infrared laser sources, and I had the chance to discuss with several attendees how such sources would advance strong light-matter interaction experiments. I made connections with researchers from all over the world, and have had several follow up conversations and ideas for collaborations. My talk also ended up winning the first-place student oral presentation award! Overall, attending UFOXIV was a great opportunity to present my research and build connections.”