I am drawn to Civil Engineering due to the state of the world right now. Now more than ever, there is a noticeable gap in wealth and the infrastructure that comes with that wealth. Driving through cities you can see roads become more uneven and bumpy as you drive into more impoverished communities and as you head into the more affluent areas of town the wealth is easily noticed through better roads, newer bridges, and a more modern aesthetic to the area. This brings up obvious current socio-economic divides, but it also creates future challenges for the under-funded and under-developed communities. The infrastructure the children are presented with within those communities makes it more difficult for those children to experience social mobility and they, to improve their circumstances, must work exponentially harder than children in affluent communities. This deeply rooted social issue inspires me to take on civil engineering, to provide easier access to clean water for underserved communities, to create better roads so they can get to school easier, to use my skills in problem-solving and math to execute better infrastructure in the school’s students are in daily to help encourage their attendance. Learning what makes structures sustainable, safe, and practical in the environment they are in will strengthen my knowledge of not only my community but varying communities around the nation. Civil engineering provides me the opportunity to help make my community safer, more accessible, and a place for the advancement of people both young and old. I have aspirations of creating a change far past any engineering feat, I want to make a change that impacts the lives of countless Americans and help mitigate the systematic challenges they face on a day-to-day basis just based on where they live. With a degree in civil engineering and a multidisciplinary academic experience from UT Austin, I will be able to learn about history, politics, economics, and the real math and science that is behind the systematic setbacks that plague the progression of Americans both near and far. With engineering, I will be able to put my observations into practice by implementing new roads, new bridges, safer water resource systems that assist the at-risk communities. Even though engineering is structured around math and science, the impacts of those calculations have major impacts on communities across the world and I aspire to be a part of a positive change that continues the advancement of equity and equality for years to come. Through personal experience, while driving through coastal towns, I have seen the impacts of major storms and the consequential flooding that comes with them. Flooding is only heightened by economics in the region, as communities that are more affluent can insert levees that will protect their own communities from flooding but in practice push that floodwater further downstream. Which only leads to heightened levels of flooding in communities that can not afford to build their levees as high as their neighboring communities which in turn caused them to experience deadly and highly destructive floods. With an education shaped around engineering and earth sciences, I can work on creating an economically and environmentally safe alternative to levees that lessen flood waters instead of just redirecting the water to communities that cannot protect themselves. One person’s safety and security of all of their possessions should not lie on the financial security of the area they live in, and through research and experimentation, I can work my way to ensuring every community is safe from floods and the detrimental impacts that levees are having on communities down the stream.

I am drawn to Civil Engineering due to the state of the world right now. Now more than ever, there is a noticeable gap in wealth and the infrastructure that comes with that wealth. Driving through cities you can see roads become more uneven and bumpy as you drive into more impoverished communities and as you head into the more affluent areas of town the wealth is easily noticed through better roads, newer bridges, and a more modern aesthetic to the area. This brings up obvious current socio-economic divides, but it also creates future challenges for the under-funded and under-developed communities. The infrastructure the children are presented with within those communities makes it more difficult for those children to experience social mobility and they, to improve their circumstances, must work exponentially harder than children in affluent communities. This deeply rooted social issue inspires me to take on civil engineering, to provide easier access to clean water for underserved communities, to create better roads so they can get to school easier, to use my skills in problem-solving and math to execute better infrastructure in the school’s students are in daily to help encourage their attendance. Learning what makes structures sustainable, safe, and practical in the environment they are in will strengthen my knowledge of not only my community but varying communities around the nation. Civil engineering provides me the opportunity to help make my community safer, more accessible, and a place for the advancement of people both young and old. I have aspirations of creating a change far past any engineering feat, I want to make a change that impacts the lives of countless Americans and help mitigate the systematic challenges they face on a day-to-day basis just based on where they live. With a degree in civil engineering and a multidisciplinary academic experience from UT Austin, I will be able to learn about history, politics, economics, and the real math and science that is behind the systematic setbacks that plague the progression of Americans both near and far. With engineering, I will be able to put my observations into practice by implementing new roads, new bridges, safer water resource systems that assist the at-risk communities. Even though engineering is structured around math and science, the impacts of those calculations have major impacts on communities across the world and I aspire to be a part of a positive change that continues the advancement of equity and equality for years to come. Through personal experience, while driving through coastal towns, I have seen the impacts of major storms and the consequential flooding that comes with them. Flooding is only heightened by economics in the region, as communities that are more affluent can insert levees that will protect their own communities from flooding but in practice push that floodwater further downstream. Which only leads to heightened levels of flooding in communities that can not afford to build their levees as high as their neighboring communities which in turn caused them to experience deadly and highly destructive floods. With an education shaped around engineering and earth sciences, I can work on creating an economically and environmentally safe alternative to levees that lessen flood waters instead of just redirecting the water to communities that cannot protect themselves. One person’s safety and security of all of their possessions should not lie on the financial security of the area they live in, and through research and experimentation, I can work my way to ensuring every community is safe from floods and the detrimental impacts that levees are having on communities down the stream.

I am drawn to Civil Engineering due to the state of the world right now. Now more than ever, there is a noticeable gap in wealth and the infrastructure that comes with that wealth. Driving through cities you can see roads become more uneven and bumpy as you drive into more impoverished communities and as you head into the more affluent areas of town the wealth is easily noticed through better roads, newer bridges, and a more modern aesthetic to the area. This brings up obvious current socio-economic divides, but it also creates future challenges for the under-funded and under-developed communities. The infrastructure the children are presented with within those communities makes it more difficult for those children to experience social mobility and they, to improve their circumstances, must work exponentially harder than children in affluent communities. This deeply rooted social issue inspires me to take on civil engineering, to provide easier access to clean water for underserved communities, to create better roads so they can get to school easier, to use my skills in problem-solving and math to execute better infrastructure in the school’s students are in daily to help encourage their attendance. Learning what makes structures sustainable, safe, and practical in the environment they are in will strengthen my knowledge of not only my community but varying communities around the nation. Civil engineering provides me the opportunity to help make my community safer, more accessible, and a place for the advancement of people both young and old. I have aspirations of creating a change far past any engineering feat, I want to make a change that impacts the lives of countless Americans and help mitigate the systematic challenges they face on a day-to-day basis just based on where they live. With a degree in civil engineering and a multidisciplinary academic experience from UT Austin, I will be able to learn about history, politics, economics, and the real math and science that is behind the systematic setbacks that plague the progression of Americans both near and far. With engineering, I will be able to put my observations into practice by implementing new roads, new bridges, safer water resource systems that assist the at-risk communities. Even though engineering is structured around math and science, the impacts of those calculations have major impacts on communities across the world and I aspire to be a part of a positive change that continues the advancement of equity and equality for years to come. Through personal experience, while driving through coastal towns, I have seen the impacts of major storms and the consequential flooding that comes with them. Flooding is only heightened by economics in the region, as communities that are more affluent can insert levees that will protect their own communities from flooding but in practice push that floodwater further downstream. Which only leads to heightened levels of flooding in communities that can not afford to build their levees as high as their neighboring communities which in turn caused them to experience deadly and highly destructive floods. With an education shaped around engineering and earth sciences, I can work on creating an economically and environmentally safe alternative to levees that lessen flood waters instead of just redirecting the water to communities that cannot protect themselves. One person’s safety and security of all of their possessions should not lie on the financial security of the area they live in, and through research and experimentation, I can work my way to ensuring every community is safe from floods and the detrimental impacts that levees are having on communities down the stream.

I am drawn to Civil Engineering due to the state of the world right now. Now more than ever, there is a noticeable gap in wealth and the infrastructure that comes with that wealth. Driving through cities you can see roads become more uneven and bumpy as you drive into more impoverished communities and as you head into the more affluent areas of town the wealth is easily noticed through better roads, newer bridges, and a more modern aesthetic to the area. This brings up obvious current socio-economic divides, but it also creates future challenges for the under-funded and under-developed communities. The infrastructure the children are presented with within those communities makes it more difficult for those children to experience social mobility and they, to improve their circumstances, must work exponentially harder than children in affluent communities. This deeply rooted social issue inspires me to take on civil engineering, to provide easier access to clean water for underserved communities, to create better roads so they can get to school easier, to use my skills in problem-solving and math to execute better infrastructure in the school’s students are in daily to help encourage their attendance. Learning what makes structures sustainable, safe, and practical in the environment they are in will strengthen my knowledge of not only my community but varying communities around the nation. Civil engineering provides me the opportunity to help make my community safer, more accessible, and a place for the advancement of people both young and old. I have aspirations of creating a change far past any engineering feat, I want to make a change that impacts the lives of countless Americans and help mitigate the systematic challenges they face on a day-to-day basis just based on where they live. With a degree in civil engineering and a multidisciplinary academic experience from UT Austin, I will be able to learn about history, politics, economics, and the real math and science that is behind the systematic setbacks that plague the progression of Americans both near and far. With engineering, I will be able to put my observations into practice by implementing new roads, new bridges, safer water resource systems that assist the at-risk communities. Even though engineering is structured around math and science, the impacts of those calculations have major impacts on communities across the world and I aspire to be a part of a positive change that continues the advancement of equity and equality for years to come. Through personal experience, while driving through coastal towns, I have seen the impacts of major storms and the consequential flooding that comes with them. Flooding is only heightened by economics in the region, as communities that are more affluent can insert levees that will protect their own communities from flooding but in practice push that floodwater further downstream. Which only leads to heightened levels of flooding in communities that can not afford to build their levees as high as their neighboring communities which in turn caused them to experience deadly and highly destructive floods. With an education shaped around engineering and earth sciences, I can work on creating an economically and environmentally safe alternative to levees that lessen flood waters instead of just redirecting the water to communities that cannot protect themselves. One person’s safety and security of all of their possessions should not lie on the financial security of the area they live in, and through research and experimentation, I can work my way to ensuring every community is safe from floods and the detrimental impacts that levees are having on communities down the stream.

I am drawn to Civil Engineering due to the state of the world right now. Now more than ever, there is a noticeable gap in wealth and the infrastructure that comes with that wealth in America. Driving through cities you can see roads become more uneven and bumpy as you drive into more impoverished communities and as you head into the more affluent areas of town the wealth is easily noticed through better roads, newer bridges, and a more modern aesthetic to the area. This brings up obvious current socio-economic divides, but it also creates future challenges for the under-funded and under-developed communities. Growing up in an economically disadvantaged area these stark differences have been present to me, and I aspire to help close these gaps. To help make upward social mobility achievable to everyone, no matter where they were born or where they reside. This deeply rooted social issue inspires me to take on civil engineering, to provide easier access to clean water for underserved communities, to create better roads so they can get to school easier, to use my skills in problem-solving and math to execute better infrastructure in the school’s students are in daily to help encourage their attendance. Throughout my high school experience I have been heavily involved in my school community through Student Government and Yearbook, those interactions often spanned past that community and to a larger group. During my Junior year I took an active part in boosting school spirit at and around my high school. At my high school, I had noticed that school spirit was low, even though our football team was having a good season in comparison to years past, students still shared the same pessimistic attitude towards our school and athletic programs. The lack of spirit and participation was painful to witness and be a part of. So I reached out to the San Antonio Spurs Coyote through social media to see if he could attend a spirit event and boost the spirit and pride around school. He challenged me to 3000 likes and it caused my school and local community to band together in ways I had not seen in recent memory. Through hard work and multiple social media posts from friends, strangers, and even the San Antonio Spurs official account, that goal of 3000 likes was met. As soon as the coyote stepped foot onto campus for our homecoming pep-rally, school pride soared. Seniors, Administrators, and even customers at my job at the local grocery store expressed their gratitude regarding the event as it brought upon a moment to remember especially as many memories were lost through the uncertainties that 2020 brought upon the school year. Through this experience paired with service learning throughout my community and interactions with struggling customers at work that I was able to connect with, I grew impassioned to make a difference. Learning what makes structures sustainable, safe, and practical in the environment they are in will strengthen my knowledge of not only my community but varying communities around the nation. Through a degree in civil engineering and a fully multidisciplinary learning experience I will be able to do just that, make a difference, and bridge the long-standing systematic gaps that exist in the communities many Americans such as I, call home.