Age: 17
Hometown: Park Forest, IL
School: Rich East High School
Year: Senior
Aspiring Major: Aerospace Engineering at Illinois Institute of Technology
Career Aspirations:
My career interests consist of aerospace engineering, music productions and sound engineering.
Hobbies & Interests:
My hobbies and interest are: musicianship, blues, jazz, R&B, neo-soul, studying chess and playing live music with my blues band.
Organizations/Clubs:
The organizations and clubs i’m belong to are: 1st chair chess team caption, Civic Leader in Park Forest, President of ‘Brother 2 Brother’ group at Rich East High School. I’m also involved in ‘Blues Kids International’, was an intern at ACE (Architecture Construction Engineering), and percussion/drumline section leader in marching band playing the snare drum.
Why are you passionate about aviation?
I am passionate about aviation because if I want to pursue aerospace engineering and I need to understand the intricacies of a plane.
What is your future aspiration?
I aspire to work for the FAA as an Aerospace Engineer and pursue a career in sound engineering, mixmastering my own and others' music.
Why did you choose to apply to Tuskegee NEXT?
I knew from the get-go that the Tuskegee NEXT program would push me further than I could ever imagine to further accelerate my future.