OAI Scholars Network Staff
Every summer, we hire new undergraduate and graduate students to bring new experience to the Summer Transition Program. Here is the Summer 2021 staff:
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Name: Sharnnia Artis
Position: Assistant Dean of Access and Inclusion
Degree: Industrial Systems Engineering
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Name: Errol Francis II
Position: Program Coordinator for the Office of Access and Inclusion
Degree: Math and Computer Science
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Name: Zhen Ai
Major: Computer Science
Fun Fact: I haven’t dined in a restaurant for months!
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Name: Karla Avalos
Major: Computer Science
Fun Fact: I like drawing anime and kpop idols!
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Name: Leonardo Baleon
Major: Computer Science
Fun Fact: I was in a wheelchair and homeschooled for all of 5th grade!
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Name: Jose David Martinez
Major: Computer Science
Fun Fact: I’ve ran a marathon before!
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Name: Aracely Esquivias
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Fun Fact: I have built around 5 rockets. One of which is a level 1 and another which is level 2, according to the NAR website!
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Name: Apoorva Halageri
Major: Computer Science and Engineering
Fun Fact: I speak three languages fluently and I can translate Latin!
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Name: Taesung Hwang
Major: Computer Science and Engineering
Fun Fact: Besides STEM, I also pursue art in many different forms!
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Name: Rieko Konishi
Major: Computer Science
Fun Fact: I play the Ocarina!
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Name: Joel Ledezma Andrade
Major: Electrical Engineering
Fun Fact: My fastest time for solving a 3×3 Rubik’s cube is 27 seconds!
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Name: Giovanni Munoz
Major: Computer Engineering
Fun Fact: I dislike scary movies!
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Name: Isabel Pham
Major: Informatics
Fun Fact: I like boba and sleeping!
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Name: Gabrielle Sampson
Major: Mechanical Engineer
Fun Fact: I forgot to share my fun fact!
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Name: Zhehao Tian
Major: Electrical Engineering
Fun Fact: I been losing gains since this spring, and I’ll soon dissolve into nothing!
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Name: Cristian Torres
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Fun Fact: Although I’m terrified of heights, I love going cliff jumping and would like to go bungee jumping and skydiving!
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Name: Anh Tran
Major: Biomedical Engineering
Fun Fact: I can touch the tip of my nose with my tongue!
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