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Erica Winfrey

April 11, 2019
Hello! My name is Erica Winfrey and I am a third year Forensic Science Major at UCF. I graduated from Wharton High School in Tampa Fl, and decided to join the EXCEL program because I felt it was a good way to get involved with UCF. So far my favorite classes at UCF have probably…

Marisa Webber

April 11, 2019
My name is Marisa Webber and I am a fourth year Industrial Engineering major. I graduated from Bloomingdale Senior High School, which is near Tampa, Florida, in 2015. My favorite class at UCF would have to be Engineering Economic Analysis. This course is for Industrial, Civil, and Environmental engineers. It was a very interesting class…

Maria Urdaneta

April 11, 2019
Hi! My name is Maria Urdaneta, and I'm a junior studying Mechanical Engineering. A little bit about me: In 2015, I graduated from Wissahickon High School in Ambler, Pennsylvania. I then took a gap year and studied abroad in Germany, and then I started school at UCF in fall 2016. Why did I join GEMS?…

Rebecca Vollmann

April 11, 2019
Hey there! My name is Rebecca Vollmann and I am a junior majoring in Mechanical Engineering, minoring in International Engineering. I graduated from Indian River Charter High School and got my AA degree dual enrolled at Indian River State College in Vero Beach, FL. I love working on cars, photography, dogs cooking, baking, watching movies,…

Sierra Urbaez

April 11, 2019
My name is Sierra Urbaez! I'm entering my sophomore year at UCF as a Chemistry Major. In 2017, I graduated from Western High School in Davie, Florida. Introduction to Forensic Science was one of my favorite classes I've taken so far. Every week we watched a presentation from someone who worked in a different field…

Madeline Sinclair

April 11, 2019
Hello! My name is Madeline Sinclair, and I'm a Senior at UCF studying Industrial Engineering. I attended Chiles High School in Tallahassee, Florida, and graduated in 2015. My favorite class in college so far has been Manufacturing taught by Professor Hookstra. Although the class was hard, studying the material made a difference, and I felt…

Brielle Siegel

April 11, 2019
Hello! My name is Brielle Siegel and I am a second‐year Actuarial Science major. I attended Cherokee High School in New Jersey and chose UCF to get away from the cold weather! My hobbies include working out and sewing and I'm always up for an adventure. I decided to get involved in the GEMS program…

Lily Schleider

April 11, 2019
My name is Lily and I am a sophomore majoring in Industrial Engineering. I graduated from Atlantic Technical High School with my certification in Machining. One of my favorite classes would have to be Intro to C programming. Even though this was one of my tougher classes, this class taught me to approach problems with…

Christine Sarkis

April 11, 2019
My name is Christine Sarkis and I am a Biomedical Sciences major, pursuing the microbiology track, as well as a Biology major, with a track in Marine and Aquatic Sciences. I'm in my sophomore year. I graduated from Cornerstone Charter Academy which is in Orlando and not too far from UCF. I'm from the graduating…

Briana M. Rosado

April 11, 2019
Hey everyone! My name is Briana M. Rosado, and I'm a junior studying Biomedical Sciences. I was timid coming to UCF at first because not only is UCF a huge university, but because I'm a young parent and I was under the presumption I wouldn't be able to connect to many other students being that…

Tahira McIntosh

April 11, 2019
My name is Tahira McIntosh and I am majoring in Environmental Engineering. I will be a sophomore this year. I graduated from Niceville High school. My favorite class at UCF is Chemistry because I love science and I feel that it relates to my major. My favorite professor so far has been Alex York (Excel…

Keira Medina

April 11, 2019
Hello! My name is Keira Medina, but many people call me Kiki instead. I am majoring in Civil Engineering and will be going into my last year here at UCF. In 2015 I graduated from Sebring High School, which is in a very small town south of Orlando called Sebring. One of my favorite classes…

Victoria Matthews

April 11, 2019
Victoria is my name, Biomedical Sciences is my game, Senior year is upon me, I feel it come strongly, Things just don't feel the same. From Warwick High in P.A., To my favorite class (called Cinema Survey), It has been a long journey, but don't you all worry, I know all you girls will SLAY.…

Jazmine Manriquez-Mendoza

April 11, 2019
Hi, I'm Jazmine, and I'm a sophomore studying Industrial Engineering with a minor in International Engineering and Mathematics. I am originally from Tampa, FL from which I graduated Wharton High School. I am so happy to become a GEMS mentor so I can help guide and help any new students coming into UCF. It can…

Samantha “”Sam”” Maldonado

April 11, 2019
Hey mentees! I'm Sam, and I'm a junior majoring in Environmental Engineering here at UCF, but I'm originally from Parkland, Florida and graduated from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. I'm super excited to be a GEMS mentor for another year so I can help guide a few new people through their first year at school…

Tamara Lee

April 11, 2019
Hello! My name is Tamara Lee and I am a Junior majoring in Biology with a track in Marine and Aquatic Biology. I graduated from Newsome High School in Lithia, Florida in 2016. So far my favorite class in college has been Molecular Cell Biology taught by Dr. Bayer. This class is a rigorous course,…

Maggie LaFratta

April 11, 2019
My name is Maggie LaFratta and I'm a biomedical sciences and clinical psychology major. I am currently a fourth year student at UCF, and I graduated from Niceville High School. I really wanted to get involved with the GEMS program because I benefited a lot from having a mentor over my first year of college,…

Gillianne Kattiria

April 11, 2019
My name is Gillianne Kattiria. I graduated from Park Vista High School and I am currently a senior at UCF, studying mechanical engineering. My favorite professor at UCF is definitely Dr. Tian, who's taught me for Fluids, Heat Transfer, and hopefully for Fluids II. She's an amazing professor and she's nice and easy to talk…

Kaitlyn Kamerzel

April 11, 2019
Hello! My name is Kaitlyn Kamerzel, I am in my second year at UCF majoring in Environmental Engineering. I am originally from St. Augustine, Florida and graduated from Creekside High School in 2017. My favorite class so far was Intro to Engineering with Professor Sullivan. The labs were fun and interesting, and Sullivan really cares…

Sonali Joshi

April 11, 2019
Hello! My name is Sonali Joshi and I am a Junior studying Physics. I graduated from Dr. Phillips High School in Orlando, Florida in 2016. My favorite class has been Introduction to Numerical Computing with Dr. Harrington. It was a great class that gave many great exciting physics problems to solve. In the class we…