Gems

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…

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…

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…

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 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.…

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…

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…

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,…

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,…

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…

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…

Hello! My name is Christina Houser and I am a Biomedical Sciences major and Social and Diversity Inequalities minor. This will be my second year here at UCF. I am from Glen Mills, Pennsylvania and graduated from Garnet Valley High School in 2017. So far, my favorite class at UCF has been Humanistic Traditions I…

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…

Hi everybody! I am so excited to be a mentor for the third year and a Senior, finally! I have had such a wonderful experience in this program as both a mentor and mentee that any chance I have to continue is wonderful. Just a little about me, I am majoring in Biomedical science with…

My name is Emily Greene I am a Mechanical Engineering Major, going into sophomore year. I graduated from Fort Lauderdale High School. My favorite class has been Calculus 2 since my teacher really helped explain things easily for me. My favorite professor is Arielle since she is nice and easy to approach. I decided to…

My name is Brittney Gray and I am entering my sophomore year as a forensic science major here at UCF. I am from Tampa, Florida and graduated from Middleton high school in 2017. UCF offers just about every class under the sun but some that I really enjoyed taking were philosophy, a comprehensive study on…

Hi, my name is Breanne Dodier and I am a sophomore studying industrial engineering here at UCF. Before coming to UCF, I went to Merritt Island High School in Merritt Island, Florida and graduated from there in the spring of 2017. One of my favorite classes that I have taken at UCF thus far has…

My name is Telicia Daniels and I am a Biomedical Sciences major with a minor in Health Information Management. I am a Junior at UCF and have been a part of EXCEL/COMPASS for three years. I graduated from Fort Pierce Central High School in 2016. My favorite class at UCF was Quantitative Biological Methods. It…

Hi! My name is Lun Cing and I am an industrial engineering major and mathematics minor. I am a sophomore at UCF and I graduated from College Academy at BCC in Davie, Florida. During spring 2018, I took two of my favorite classes here at UCF: statics and economic cost and analysis. They weren't easy…

My name is Alejandra Camacho and I am an Aerospace Engineering major. This is going to be my second year at UCF. I graduated in 2017 from a high school called The Master's Academy, which is in Oviedo, Florida. My favorite class so far at UCF is Calculus II, which I took through EXCEL. I…