“I’m proud to be recognized by such a prestigious institution. I hope I’ll have the chance to take part in their activities and contribute my expertise.”
Category: We Are SC Story
“[Moving around] gave me a bunch of tools that have helped me get to where I am right now. It’s taught me how to meet new people, how to start conversations, how to be in new environments and speak with people for the first time.”
“It took me a long time to decide to go back to school because I wanted to be sure that I was really doing something that I loved. It’s all too easy to spend a significant portion of your life doing something you only sort-of like, but don’t truly don’t enjoy.”
“If I wasn’t involved in a college access program like NAI, I don’t think I’d be where I am today. Most of the students who went to my high school didn’t have those same kinds of resources to get to college.”
“I realized there is so much more to this world that I want to see and learn about. And I loved living internationally. What career would help me advocate for others and continue learning about new cultures and lifestyles?”
“I’m a computer science major, and some of those schools can have 1,200 students in some of those classes early on. I didn’t want to deal with that. USC was a better fit in that regard, and the alumni network is strong.”
“I’ve talked to a lot of people about it and people think that engineers and STEM-related people enjoy climbing because it’s a high failure sport. I think that’s very similar to engineering and research because you’re constantly making very incremental progress towards your goal, and I think it takes a special person to want to do that.”
“I want to offer a creative and educational mix of activities to help expand girls’ minds and help them discover their interests. I want to show young girls how much beauty and strength we all have inside of us. I care deeply about their mental health, which is suffering.”
“It’s been a great partnership, in that we bring different strengths and experiences to the table but are both passionate about the same thing—developing new ideas and technologies to improve the learning outcomes for these cadets.”
“If this is a way for me to hold space for my community, I will do it. Any chance to be able to talk about my experience with the hopes of helping another person who may be going through a similar thing… I hope that helps them.”