Physicist

About

I am an undergraduate, honors student in Physics at Portland State University (PSU), Class of 2018. I am currently researching some of the smallest and largest phenomena in the universe. I study nanotechnology/synthesis at PSU and astrophysics, particularly supernovae explosions, at Northwestern University. I am currently a part of a diversity and science outreach program, BUILD EXITO, at PSU. I am a member of Tau Sigma Honors Society, a student in the Urban Honors College, a Peer Mentour, and am Dean's Listed. I also served as a Multicultural Ambassador, Associated Student Government Senator, Math/Science Tutor, STEM Club Officer, and French Club President at Clackamas Community College during my time as a student there. I plan to attend graduate school in Fall 2018 to earn my PhD in Astrophysicsthere is virtually no middle class present in the country. There are only a small number of elite business owners and government officials and the rest live in perpetual poverty. These masses occupy every street of every city, town and village in Haiti. They appear in the rural country settings, along the dirt roads and hillsides. Their faces are everywhere and their expressions tell the story of their desperation.

In their desperate search for their daily bread, the average Haitian must also contend with finding a means of preparing the meal. The immediacy of the situation blinds them from having any concern for the long term impacts of their short term decisions. Translated: the need to cook today’s meal is more important than the devastating impacts of their cooking