Soon to launch into a career at one of the nation’s top space companies, graduating student Danetti Martino has already gained ground as lead engineer of one of the nation’s top student rocketry labs.
Category: We Are SC Story
![Marta Davila Mateu](https://we-are.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/marta-davila-mateu.jpg)
Graduating computer science master’s student Marta Davila Mateu on mastering skating, surfing and theoretical computer science at USC
![Mohamad Awada](https://we-are.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/mohamad-awada.jpg)
Mohamad Awada, a graduating Ph.D. student in USC Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, reflects on five years of research developing dynamic environments for modern workspaces.
![Adriane Rory](https://we-are.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/adriane-rory.jpg)
Academia can be a competitive landscape, but for two doctoral candidates completing their PhD studies in May 2024 at the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, it has been an opportunity to lift each other up. The educational journeys of Adriane Clomax (she/her) and Rory O’Brien (they/them) mirrored each other as recipients of the Oakley Fellowship endowed by the USC Provost.
![Keshia Albrecht](https://we-are.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/keshia-albrecht.jpg)
Ever since she was seven years old, Keshia Albrecht seemed destined to work in real estate.
Growing up in the Florida panhandle, Albrecht remembers “For Sale” signs sparking her curiosity as she wondered who was buying and selling the vacant swamp lands.
![Victoria Pinkett](https://we-are.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/victoria-pinkett.jpg)
Victoria Pinkett, hands-on learner and student leader, shares how she’s made the most of her USC experience.
![Mariah Lora](https://we-are.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/mariah-lora.jpg)
USC Rossier alum Mariah Lora MAT ’24 shares her academic journey from the basketball court and pageant stage to the classroom and commencement podium.
![Brooke Rios](https://we-are.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/brooke-rios.jpg)
For graduating student Brooke Rios, the path to engineering excellence was discovered in the powerful alliances she forged along the way.
![Meredith Lapidas](https://we-are.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/meredith-lapidas.jpg)
A poet who recently published her first two collections, Class of 2024 graduate Meredith Lapidas also has a background as a contortion artist.
![Alyssa Warburton](https://we-are.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/alyssa-warburton.jpg)
For Alyssa Warburton, life is a dedication to service for her country. First, serving five years in the U.S. Marine Corps, and now advocating for veterans in rural Washington state who are struggling to transition to civilian life and at risk for suicide.