GEMS-2023

My name is Bryanna Price and I am a Mechanical Engineering Major. This will be my second year at UCF. In 2022, I graduated from Fort Pierce Westwood Academy in Fort Pierce, Florida. One of my favorite classes at UCF was (surprisingly) Cultural Anthropology, which I took with Professor Russell Manzano in my first semester…

Hello! I am Brooke Ferrara and I am a Mechanical Engineering Major with the goal of working in the Themed Entertainment Industry. This is my second year here at UCF, having started in the summer of 2022 after I graduated from University High School in Orange City in the same year. My favorite class at…

My name is Annabelle Hillis, but you can call me Annie. I am a Mechanical Engineer major. This will be my second year at UCF. I graduated from Timber Creek High School, located in Orlando, Florida, in 2022. One of my favorite classes at UCF is Calculus, specifically Calculus II. Yes, that is a nerdy…

Hi! My name is Amber Lett and I am a Computer Engineering major and Intelligent Robotic Systems minor. I’m currently in the process of declaring another minor in Engineering Leadership Studies. This will be my fourth year at UCF and my second year as a mentor for this program. I graduated from Fort Walton Beach…

My name is Alyssa Ryan, and I am majoring in Biomedical Sciences with a Health Science minor. This will be my second year at UCF. In 2022, I graduated from Howard W. Blake High School in Tampa, Florida. My favorite class that I have taken so far is Anatomy, specifically the Lab section. This class…

My name is Alayna Kennedy and I’m a second year Civil Engineering major. In 2022, I graduated from Seminole High School in Sanford, Florida. At UCF, one of my favorite classes I’ve taken so far was Introduction to Computer Science with Kyle Dencker, he made it super easy to understand Python as someone who’s never…

Hello! My name is Adithi Jayaraman and I am currently a sophomore at UCF and a Data Science major and a Statistics minor here at UCF. I graduated from Allen D. Nease High School in Ponte Vedra, Florida. I joined the EXCEL/COMPASS because while I knew I wanted to pursue S.T.E.M., I wasn’t sure what…

My name is Bailey Glidden, and I am a statistics major. This will be my fourth year at UCF. I graduated from Fleming Island Highschool in Jacksonville Florida. My favorite class so far has been survey of rock, I loved how this class helped me appreciate music and learn about new songs I did not…