My love of science, technology, and innovation made going into engineering a natural choice. Concentrating on the sub-discipline of mechanical engineering was decided based on its broadness, versatility, and the variety of areas I could potentially be a part of. Last year, at the age of thirty-five, I enrolled into college for the first time; seventeen years had passed by since I walked the stage at my high school graduation. The dramatic lifestyle change I made was based on me looking to obtain a long-term goal of mine, and have a career that I am passionate about. Hitting the pause button on my career, to go to school, was a difficult move, but an investment I felt that I had to make. I am confident that the skill set I have built, the desire,
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After high school I decided to forgo college, and to turn my part-time high school job, into my full-time job, and perhaps make a career out of it. The job was at my father’s braided rug factory in Pawtucket, Rhode Island –a city best known for being the birthplace of America’s Industrial Revolution, and the inspiration for the city of “Quahog,” on the hit cartoon series, ‘Family Guy.” My father was the Vice-President of Manufacturing for the company, having worked his way up over the past twenty-years. He started of in the maintenance room as a mechanic, then to a floor manager, and eventually becoming part owner, and a strong business minded man. He was the epitome of the American dream. He moved to this country at fourteen with his four younger siblings, and his parents, looking for a new start. They left their small island of Faial, an island that is part of the isolated cluster of Portuguese islands in the middle of the Atlantic after a devastating earthquake, and volcanic eruptions destroyed what little …show more content…
In addition to the classic engineering curriculum that will lay a strong foundation for me, I want to continue to sharpen my creative eye, and keep building my team skills by joining the A&M Vision Inspired Photography club. Some years ago, I became an “accidental photographer”. Always keeping a pocket camera with me growing up, I shot scenes that made me happy; maybe it was a shadow that looked like an animal, or a pattern of bricks that made out a word, pretty abstract stuff, but I saw something there. I never thought much of it, until friends and family members started to compliment my, “creative eye” and say, “wow, I would have never have known that would make for a cool photo.” It all came as a surprise to me. Seeing potential, or beauty where others may see empty space, might one day help me as an engineer see an opportunity to solve the problem at hand. USC promotes, and allows student engineers to keep going with their creative abilities through many student run organizations, that I will be taking part of if the permission to attend is
After high school I decided to forgo college, and to turn my part-time high school job, into my full-time job, and perhaps make a career out of it. The job was at my father’s braided rug factory in Pawtucket, Rhode Island –a city best known for being the birthplace of America’s Industrial Revolution, and the inspiration for the city of “Quahog,” on the hit cartoon series, ‘Family Guy.” My father was the Vice-President of Manufacturing for the company, having worked his way up over the past twenty-years. He started of in the maintenance room as a mechanic, then to a floor manager, and eventually becoming part owner, and a strong business minded man. He was the epitome of the American dream. He moved to this country at fourteen with his four younger siblings, and his parents, looking for a new start. They left their small island of Faial, an island that is part of the isolated cluster of Portuguese islands in the middle of the Atlantic after a devastating earthquake, and volcanic eruptions destroyed what little …show more content…
In addition to the classic engineering curriculum that will lay a strong foundation for me, I want to continue to sharpen my creative eye, and keep building my team skills by joining the A&M Vision Inspired Photography club. Some years ago, I became an “accidental photographer”. Always keeping a pocket camera with me growing up, I shot scenes that made me happy; maybe it was a shadow that looked like an animal, or a pattern of bricks that made out a word, pretty abstract stuff, but I saw something there. I never thought much of it, until friends and family members started to compliment my, “creative eye” and say, “wow, I would have never have known that would make for a cool photo.” It all came as a surprise to me. Seeing potential, or beauty where others may see empty space, might one day help me as an engineer see an opportunity to solve the problem at hand. USC promotes, and allows student engineers to keep going with their creative abilities through many student run organizations, that I will be taking part of if the permission to attend is