Hometown: Phoenix, AZ
High School: Desert Vista High School
What made you decide to attend USC: I came to USC the first time for a scholarship interview and I had a wonderful experience. I loved the campus and the fact that USC engineers were into all kinds of different activities. More than anything else, I was really excited about the people I met. My overnight host was a freshman engineer and she was a blast, and I felt like the students and admissions staff I met were fun, friendly, and happy to be at USC. Their enthusiasm was contagious and I knew I wanted to be part of the Trojan family.
Best experience/interaction with a professor: My differential equations teacher, professor Redekopp, was an excellent instructor and made math fun and interesting. He was very enthusiastic about what he was teaching, and it was important to him that his students not only learned the material, but were able to apply it specifically to their engineering careers. I have worked with him since for various engineering events, and he always greets me with the big smile of a guy that loves what he does.
Favorite Class: Beginning guitar!!
Major-related class- Biology 220
Involvements/extracurricular activities: Cedars-Sinai Hospital Volunteer, L.A. County Coroner’s Office Volunteer, Society of Women Engineers, Mortar Board Senior Honor Society, Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society, Alpha Epsilon Delta Premedical Honor Society, Supplemental Instruction Leader- Biology, Association of Trustee and Presidential Scholars, Engineering Honors Program
Favorite on-campus event: Acapella concerts
Best off-campus experience: Working in hospitals in rural Argentina for a summer
Favorite memory from freshman year: I spent a weekend at a beach house in Santa Barbara with friends that I had met in the dorms.
What you like about being in LA: Great beaches where you can play volleyball, going out to dinner in Hollywood, Sprinkles cupcakes and frozen yogurt, lots and lots of sunshine!
Research/study abroad experience: I currently do research in a lab in which we design, make and test micro-medical devices.
Hobbies/interests: I like to stay up-to-date on what’s going on in modern medicine, play volleyball, watch Minnesota Vikings football and write corny poems.
