Professional Online Portfolio
October 2019 - Present
IGNITE Membership Chair
I remained membership chair on Texas A&M's chapter of IGNITE. My approach towards recruiting more students towards our organization changed due to COVID-19, and we become more reliant on social media and mass emails.
September 2020 - Present
VIVA Baptist Student Ministry
I joined VIVA, a weekly bible study group through the Baptist Student Ministry. The mission of VIVA is to provide students a community to seek the Lord together, while also embracing the Hispanic culture.
September 2020-Present
HEB Checker
I returned to working at HEB as a checker, for an average of twelve hours per week. Being a checker at HEB allows me the opportunity to practice my communication and my customer service skills. At the core of my job is the goal to make each customer feel valued and appreciated.
September 2020- Present
Big Brothers Big Sisters
I became a big sister with the Big Brothers Big Sisters Organization, and met with my Little twice a month. The purpose of Big Brothers Big Sisters is to "create and support one-on-one mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth."
November 19th, 2020
Mi Casa Su Casa
I attended a Mi Casa Su Casa virtual dinner, and got to speak with students and staff about resiliency. Mi casa Su Casa "is a program that offers students an opportunity to network and create a support system at Texas A&M University." Traditionally, dinners would be hosted in person by TAMU professors and staff.
Please click here to learn more about the Mi Casa Su Casa Program.
November 20th, 2020
HTML Project
I created my own website using HTML code.
Please click here to access that website.
November 2020- February 2021
MSC Spencer Leadership Conference
I became a delegate at the MSC Spencer Leadership Conference. The conference takes place in the second semester, but many pre-conference events are hosted prior to the final Conference. The MSC Spencer Leadership Conference is "a conference that seeks to provide a unique opportunity to sophomores to enhance personal leadership skills in the pursuit of life long excellence in diverse environments."
Please click here to learn more about the conference.
Media Exposure- Portal Bipolar Ionization Device
November 20th, 2020
Texas A&M's College of Engineering featured my team's idea and experience from the summer NSF I-Corps Site Program on their November series.
Please click here to read our article.
December 9th, 2020
My team and I were interviewed by KBTX and asked to discuss our prototype from the NSF-I Corps Site program. KBTX featured our interview during the 10:00pm news segment, and also published an article over our portable air purifier.
Please click here to view the article and news segment.
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December 14h, 2020
Texas A&M Engineering featured me and my team on their Instagram page.
Please click here to view that post.
September 2020- December 2020
McFerrin Methods Workshops
September 1st, 2020: Are You as Good at Communicating as You Think?
This workshop gave me practical skills on how to approach a difficult conversation. A few of the key takeaways included avoiding unwarranted assumptions or direct accusations. Instead, start with facts, state your perspective, and then ask for clarification. Another strategy for a successful conversation is called "priming", meaning you offer your best guess at their emotions to get them talking.
October 30th, 2020: 10 Essentials Every Entrepreneur Needs to Know
This workshop focused on the legal aspects of starting a business, including what type of business entity to set up, how to approach contracts, and the importance of keeping organized records.
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Semester 1
Final GPR: 3.93
Semester's Classes: ISTM 210, ACCT 230, MGMT 211, ECON 202, BUSN 481
Semester 1 Reflection
Fear of Failure
Since switching my major to Business, I have been confronted with the hope and excitement to start my own business, yet held back by the fear of failing. Many times I found myself making excuse after excuse for why my ideas wouldn't work, for why I shouldn't even try. However, I've also across a few moments were I saw an idea similar to mine succeed and then I'd think to myself, "if only I had pursued that idea earlier." At that moment, I decided I needed to have the courage to pursue my business ideas or somebody else will. I was the only person standing in the way of my own success. I would rather try and fail than question "what if." I have chosen to pursue Entrepreneurship, and with that comes overcoming the fear of failure, humiliation and defeat.
ISTM 210
One of my favorite classes this semester was Information Systems 210. ISTM 210 was an introductory class to computer software, networks, malware, databases, HTML code, and computer security. Learning about databases and HTML code was very intriguing because I had never truly reflected upon how much data corporations store about their users into databases on. a daily basis. In addition, I enjoyed learning about HTML code and what truly goes into making a website. Going forward, I believe classes like this will help me on my entrepreneurial journey by giving me the skills to be an entrepreneur in the tech field.
MSC Spencer Leadership Conference
This semester, I become a delegate of the MSC Spencer Leadership Conference because I don't believe school teaches students enough about what it means to be a leader. From my perspective, I would argue we tend to overlook day-to-day leaders; the people making small differences on a daily basis in our local community. The three pillars of the Conference are Innovation, Selfless Service, and Self Authorship. I hope this conference leads be to become a better leader with my daily interactions, and on a larger stage, like within a corporation.
IGNITE at Texas A&M
As Membership Chair of IGNITE, recruiting efforts were particularly difficult this semester, given we could not go about our traditional approach. Instead, we relied heavily on Instagram and mass emails to inform the student population about our organization. Another challenge we faced was maintaining member engagement during Zoom meetings. Having learned from our mistakes this semester, we will be taking a more direct, personal, organized and consistent approach towards recruitment on an online platform. Before our first general meeting, IGNITE will be interviewing all interested members in an effort to foster a sense of community, despite everything being online. In addition, we will be posting three times weekly on our Instagram, and interacting with members and similar accounts more frequently, again in an effort to generate a sense of community. With our general meetings, we plan on including engaging games or challenges more frequently in the hopes of attracting and retaining members. I am very hopeful with our recruiting efforts moving forward and expect to see more consistent involvement from members in the next semester.