Academic and Research Experience

General Electric/LNP Plastics Engineering - Exton, PA
Tested plastic experiments in the lab. Tests include rheological, mechanical, and electrical testing. Worked on a LEAN manufacturing project. Helped develop new plastic in hte fields of nano-clay, natural fiber filler, and a special project for Michelin.

General Electric/LNP Plastics Engineering - Thorndale, PA
Working on engineering projects related to color process of plastics. Reorganized pigment room, nad digitized color chips of color standards for completed color matches. Developed a business analysis illustrating the effectiveness of the color match process. Learned Six Sigma, and LEAN principles, in order to facilitate the development of assigned projects.

Chemical Engineering Boat
Designed a chemical reaction powered boat to travel a specified distance with a team of four other students.

Work Experience

Resident Assistant, August 07 - Present
Fostering opportunities for residents to explore and achieve their optimal social, physical, spiritual, and emotional health and well-being. Developing supportive relationship with individual residents and creating strong floor and house communities.

Memberships and Activities

Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, Secretary (06-07), Internal Vice President (07-08), Fall 2005 - Present
Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority, New Member Chairman Fall 06 - Spring 07
Dancers Symposium, Spring 2005 Choreographer
Mentor, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Pittsburgh, PA, Fall 2006 - Spring 2007

Skills and Certifications

Windows 95/98/ME/XP/Vista
Fluent in Spanish
Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Adobe Photoshop, MathCAD

Honors and Awards

Xerox/Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers Chapter Scholarship, 2007
Miami-Dade Country CAP Grant Recipient, 2007
GE Student Intern / Co-op Contribution Award (SICCA) Nomination Recognition, 2006
Lanzate Southwest / HACU Travel Scholarship Recipient, 2006

Hobbies and Interests

Running, movies, dancing ballet, reading, cooking

Personal Statement

My motivation for studying engineering began in middle school when I attended the Miami Prep Proyecto Access at a local university, Florida International University. This program is a NASA sponsored program aimed for underrepresented minorities taking place during the summers. Learning logic, and working on circuits for the first time were my initial experiences with the field of engineering. The different style of thinking involved in these types of activities is what attracted me to being interested in the field. Being from Florida I followed closely countless of space missions from Cape Canaveral, and always dreamed of some day being one of the engineers involved with planning a mission or researching information for NASA in the future.

I believe in perseverance. I am the first to go to college in my family, being the oldest, and the only girl. I was Salutatorian of my class at Coral Gables High, and have been attending Carnegie Mellon’s rigorous engineering school for three years. Always I have set high aspirations for myself, and always seek the best. Being inspired by NASA at such a young age in middle school, it has been my goal since I left the program in eighth grade. Participating this summer in the Marshall NASA Academy is a very unique and rewarding experience for me. I look forward to bringing my experience in the engineering of plastics, and further school research to this summer. I am very excited for the many learning opportunities this summer.