Author: rmiyatsu

October 1, 2021October 22, 2021 By Guy Lasnier

Ray Jara

Jara, 21, is the first in his family to attend a four-year college… He admits to some doubts that first year, feeling engineering wasn’t what he wanted to do. But a friend he met playing basketball “kept on motivating me to stay, and I’m happy I stayed.”

September 30, 2021 By rmiyatsu

Desiderio Ascencio

“I wanted to be in an environment where I could motivate and help other people in underrepresented groups to reach their potential,” Ascencio said. “That’s what the research lab and STEM Diversity were doing for me.”