Activities: IStudent Affiliates of the American Chemical Society, vice president; Chess Club; Freshman Experience Program, peer leader; National Society of Collegiate Scholars, Planning for College Success program; intramural sports

Research Projects: High-temperature CO2 adsorption

Career Goal: To be a family health practitioner

"I definitely don't have a typical Tech schedule! Some days I get out of class early, but other days I don't start classes until 3:00, and I go until 7:00. A few days a week, before or after classes, I do part-time research for pay with a chemistry professor, Dr. Angus P. Wilkinson. I am researching how good a certain family of compounds adsorbs CO2 at high temperatures. I try to hit the Campus Recreation Center several times a week, and I am currently on an intramural basketball team for my dorm where I am a peer leader. It's a ton of fun, and I really enjoy intramurals, no matter what the sport. I get to meet new people, stay in touch with some older friends, and just simply exercise. I simply love the academic environment here and the professors. If you go to their office hours and put in the time for the class, they can be valuable resources to you and you can learn a lot. In fact, the reason I got to do research with my professor is due to my interest in his class and by building a relationship with him during the semester. There are so many faculty members who have had a positive impact on my academic career at Tech! My first chemistry teacher here, Dr. Toby Block, definitely helped me to become interested in chemistry. She was always available if I needed help and always welcomed me. She was the first professor at Tech to show me that professors are people too and that if you approach them the right way, they will help you tremendously. While Tech can be tough, there are tons of resources available to get help. There's OMED, LAP, One-on-One tutoring, and the Math and Chemistry departments all have special tutoring services. In short, I love this place because of all of the help offered academically.

Ironically enough, the more I learn here, the less I feel that I know. Each piece of knowledge acquired seems to show me how life is more and more complicated and detailed, and there is no possible way to know everything in a certain field. However, what Tech has shown me is that I don't need to know everything in order to solve problems or issues to be successful, but I need to have a general strategy to approach any kind of problem thrown my way. Since I am looking at going to medical school, this set of skills will definitely help me along the way.

Knowledge has changed me in ways I can't believe even to this day.

My ultimate goal is to become a family practitioner and to serve a local population. There are many areas in the United States and in the world that don't have basic healthcare, and I hope to help fill that need."

Pull out quote: "If someone had come to me last year and told me that I would now be working for Housing, doing research, taking three lab sciences, and still having fun, I would have just laughed at that person. Now I ask myself, what else can I accomplish?"