The Mu2e experiment at Fermilab will search for the charged lepton flavor violation signature of a monoenergetic electron near the rest mass of a muon from the decay of a muon in the field of a nucleus. The experiment aims to improve sensitivity to this process by several orders of magnitude. Identifying and minimizing backgrounds will be essential to achieving this improvement. This talk will provide a brief overview of the Mu2e experiment with an emphasis on a few of the aspects necessary to achieve this significant sensitivity improvement.