Work Experience

RPI Student Union Father's, Summer 2007
An on campus convenience store.

RPI Student Union Games Room, Summer 2007 - Present

Memberships and Activities

Society for Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) Fall 2006 - Present
Member of SHPE Rensselaer Team for the National Academic Olympiad Competition
Tutoring: Collaborated in mentoring and tutoring underprivileged students to help succeed in their academic endeavors.

Skills and Certifications

Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, NX 5.0, Maple 10, MATLAB
Bilingual Spanish and English

Honors and Awards

Deans List, Fall 2005 - Fall 2007

Hobbies and Interests

Reading books I've been told to be good, watching movies that seem semi-amusing, listening to music on my iPod while walking the streets at night during winter, reverie...and that sort of stuff.

Personal Statement

Growing up in Puerto Rico meant being satisfied with taking trips to the beach, mostly, for vacations. One Christmas, though, my grandfather decided to pay for all of his grandchildren to go to Disney World, which would be my first time on a plane and out of the island. Ever since I was in that first plane bound for Orlando I have been fascinated with airplanes and anything else that could travel the skies as gracefully. The gleam in my eyes then was mostly due to youthful ignorance that has died out by now having taken a course in aerodynamics: planes no longer fly on account of magical, invisible things that had and needed no explanation, but pressure differences on the surfaces of the wings and thrust from an engine. The interest and curiosity with these vehicles was never outgrown and it eventually played a key part in my decision to study Aeronautical Engineering.

Having my curiosity along the years shift from airplanes to spacecrafts, NASA seemed like a natural next step in seeking to put into practice what I have so far been taught in college and to gain real experience in the workforce. Having been selected into the Academy, I have been given an opportunity for which I am extremely grateful, for it is not only one that meets my expectations but surpasses them greatly; this chance is to be a part in research that will play some role in a future NASA mission…and nothing can take that away from me.