19 Through It All, the Why Was My Motivator
Claudia Gomez-Villeneuve
MacEwan University, Canada
On my first day in engineering school, the ocean breeze was warm, the parakeets hiding in the palm trees were chirping, and the air smelled of sweet cayena flowers. Why? Because my first day in engineering school was in Colombia, South America, at a beautiful university near the Caribbean Sea.
The decision to study engineering was easy. First, my parents were very clear that I could study whatever I wanted if it was related to science and technology – that narrowed the field down indeed. Second, I had two life-changing and inspiring high school teachers, one who taught physics, and another who taught chemistry, so I ...
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