Name: Alberto Sainz de la Peña Hometown: Tampa, FL Major: Industrial Design Year: 5th Patron Saint: St. Albertus Magnus Bio: I was born and raised in Tampa, FL, but I am half-Cuban and half-Puerto Rican. I came to Georgia Tech in 2012 with the intention of being a mechanical engineer and a roboticist. But God had a better plan! I […]
Name: Connor Nies Hometown: Suwanee, GA Major: Business Administration Year: 3rd Patron Saint: St. Anthony of Padua Bio: In 2008, I moved from Indiana to the metro Atlanta area. I attended Lambert High School and, after being decidedly against staying in-state for college, decided that GT was absolutely the place for me! I spent the last several summers lifeguarding and coaching my neighborhood swim team, […]
Name: Daniel Theriault Hometown: Stoneham, MA Major: Computer Science Year: 2rd Patron Saint: St. Mary Bio: When I first came to Tech, I wasn’t quite sure how or why I had ended up here. I grew up across the country, and never expected to come to Georgia Tech, but I’m incredibly glad that I did. […]
Name: Kathy Cabezas Hometown: Jacksonville, FL Major: Computer Science Year: 3rd Patron Saint: St. Thérèse of Lisieux Bio: When I compare who I am today to who I was when I first came to Tech, I am always amazed at how much I’ve grown, and it’s all thanks to the Georgia Tech Catholic Center. I am so blessed that God led […]
Name: Juliana Alfonso Hometown: Tampa, FL Major: Psychology Year: 2nd Patron Saint: Bl. Alexandrina Maria Da Costa Bio: I grew up in a Cuban-Italian family in Tampa, FL, that raised me to push myself in whatever direction I felt compelled to do so. Though I thought that I would become an engineer or an architect, […]
Name: Terrence Connors Hometown: North Bellmore, NY Major: Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Year: 3rd Patron Saint: St. Thomas the Apostle Bio: I am originally from New York, but I have come to love Georgia Tech as another home. The Catholic Center has been such an incredible blessing for myself and countless other students and I could not be […]
Name: Keegan McGarry Hometown: Woodstock, GA Major: Aerospace Engineering Year: 3rd Patron Saint: Saint Patrick Bio: Although the Catholic Center was not the deciding factor, and to be honest not even a major reason why I chose to attend Georgia Tech, I can now see clearly, or at least more clearly than a few […]
Name: Shannon Murray Hometown: Grayson, GA Major: Economics Year: 4th Patron Saint: St. Teresa of Calcutta Bio: I grew up attending Tech football games followed by the Vigil Mass at the Catholic Center. With a childhood like that it only makes sense that Georgia Tech was my only choice for school and that the Catholic […]
Name: Erika Jensen Hometown: Valdosta, GA Major: Business Administration Year: 3rd Patron Saint: St. Monica Bio: I am so excited and blessed to be serving as Outreach Chair for 2017. The CC has educated and inspired me in my faith in life-changing ways. Not only the classes, Adoration, Mass, but in a special way, the people that […]