Senior Exhibition By Andrea Santos Introduction Andrea Santos
Senior Exhibition By: Andrea Santos
Introduction • Andrea Santos • Born in Colombia • Difficulty adjusting • Language • People • FOOD! • Moved Around a lot
Highlights of my life • Middle child… Ouch • Went from bad to good grades • Joined clubs • Got involved in school • Top 7% of class of 2015… Woohoo!
More Highlights • Interest in swimming • Started swimming classes • One of my favorite sports • Sewing • Took three classes at school • Loved them all • Made: • Sweaters • Pajama pants • Pillow Cases • Stuffed animals
Grizzly Pride project • NHS Tutoring • Every Thursday after school • Math/ Science • Service • Comcast Cares Day • 3 years • I love West Jordan Day • Other projects with school church
GRADUATION, THEN WHAT? • Interest in engineering • Interest in medicine • Interest in STEM BIOMEDICAL ENGINEER
Career Exploration • Nursing • Engineering • Family Practitioner • Biomedical Engineering • Love math aspect • Love science aspect • Love medicine aspect • Help people live better
Career Reflection • Biomedical Engineering • Growth 27% • Median salary $86, 960 • Help people • Everything I love
How to get there • Before college: • Job Shadow • Internships • Volunteer Experience • During College: • • Challenging curriculum Continue Internships Broaden horizons, make connections Research • After College: • Continue learning
Job Shadow Inspiration: -Hobbies -Personality Overview: Follow around Ms. Meyer and see what she does on a regular day-to-day basis with her chemistry classes. • Watch her work • Prepare labs • Do labs • April 27 th – May 7 th • Copper Hills High School • Ms. Mary Meyer
Job shadow continued • Highlights: • Working hand-in-hand with a chemistry teacher • New perspective of classroom • Working closely with chemical elements • Learn: • I like chemistry • I like science • Biomedical engineering might be good • Help for later decisions: • Know what I want • Choose something related
Job shadow continued • Final Conclusion regarding Biomedical Engineering: • Love working in science-related atmospheres • Learned that working with teenagers is harder than it looks. • Discovered that chemistry can be really fun, use appropriately • May still want to do more research on it • If I set my mind to it, I can do well
Conclusion • Definitely will look more in depth into this career • Want to know more about life of a biomedical engineer • Want to succeed in life, need to try hard • Would love to continue doing service for community • Would love for other people to want to do more service as well
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