Follow our Alumni.
Once an EdOp scholar, always an EdOp scholar. Our alumni have gone on to success in virtually every industry, from finance, to communications and technology, to art and education. During our annual summer alumni event, we reconnect with our past scholars and share in their accomplishments. We continue to be inspired by their stories and look forward to hearing from them, year after year. Here are a few of our favorites:
Supporting Our Alumni from College to Career.
The road to success doesn’t end at graduation. At EdOp we keep working with our alumni post-graduation and help ease the transition from college to career through our mentoring program. Our mentors keep in touch with mentees as they enter the workforce, while our Board Members look to connect alumni with meaningful career opportunities in their area of interest to help them get that crucial foot in the door. But don’t take it from us…
Orlando, Then
As a first step, I took part in EdOp’s July pre-orientation for freshmen, meeting the new students and their parents and sharing ideas about the best ways to manage one’s time, stay on top of coursework, and form new networks of friends.
At Texas A&M, I served as a resident advisor and worked part-time as a soccer referee and referee supervisor in the university’s Intramural Sports Department. I also was a member of Phi Alpha Iota, a multicultural fraternity, and took part in that group’s outreach projects.
As part of my studies, I was involved in various engineering projects, including serving as an undergraduate researcher, focusing on 3-D bio-printing of tissues. I also was part of the Perception Systems Design Team that developed a level-4 autonomous vehicle for the General Mentors AutoDrive Challenge.
I believe in giving back - a value which was instilled by my parents and has taken many forms. I am intent on helping others after I graduate.
Orlando, Now
In December 2018, I received my degree in Industrial Systems Engineering with a minor in Engineering Project Management from Texas A&M.
I am now an accident investigator with Axiom Reconstruction, Inc. My job with Axiom Reconstruction involves working with clients to investigate the causes of accidents. I have begun the process of earning my professional engineering license and researching master’s programs in mechanical engineering. Eventually, I would like to earn my Ph.D. and teach, finding new engineering techniques to “make things cheaper, better, and faster".
I continue to stay in touch with my EdOp mentor, Bob Luxen. “I had never had a mentor until I met Bob. It was new territory, a new learning curve. That experience helped me become more open to receiving and giving help. I will be forever grateful for what EdOp has given me. I had some other scholarships at A&M, but they were just checks that eventually went away. EdOp was about relationships and about supporting me the entire time. It has made a huge impact on my life. And it has inspired me to want to help EdOp in some way.”
