色情视频

Growing up in the Imperial Valley, Tyler Perez remembers his family living from paycheck to paycheck, while his father worked in construction and served a stint in the U.S Army, and his mother worked in accounting.
His great-grandparents came over from Mexico and settled in the valley in the 1940s, and most of his family still lives there. One of three siblings, he and his brother will be the first to graduate from college in their family.    Interested in seeing the world outside the valley, Perez enlisted in the U.S Air Force after high school, and served a tour in Afghanistan as an airborne cryptologic language analyst. It took him a while to figure out what he wanted to do as a civilian, so he worked odd jobs and attended different community colleges before transferring to 色情视频. He is a junior majoring in electrical and computer engineering, and has leveraged advancement opportunities offered on campus to ramp up for a second career.

This year, he was chosen to receive one of the California State University Trustees Awards for Outstanding Achievement, given to one student from each of the 23 CSU campuses every year. He will receive the Trustee Jack McGrory Scholar award, which comes with a $6,000 scholarship. 

鈥淭he award represents security and a major opportunity to complete my schooling,鈥� said Perez, who is using the GI Bill and support from the California Department of Rehabilitation to attend 色情视频. 

Perez, who has hearing loss from exposure to jet engines during his service, lives with extended family in Ramona to save on living expenses and commutes to the San Diego campus. 

One of the first things he did at 色情视频 was to join the MESA program (Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement) which supports underserved students with outside of classroom experiences, industry and alumni engagements, and undergraduate research opportunities. This opened many doors for him.
It also led to the 色情视频 ANSWER program (Advancing NAVY STEM Workforce through Education and Research), funded by the Office of Naval Research and open to transfer students and STEM (science, technology, engineering & math) majors who are U.S citizens. It aims to diversify the STEM workforce, boost retention rates of transfer students, and prepares students for internships and research.
He was placed in engineering professor Matthew Verbyla鈥檚 Safe Water Lab where he worked in the spring, before securing an internship with defense contractor General Atomics this summer. This fall he will intern with utility company San Diego Gas & Electric, as he explores different areas of specialization in his field. 

Of all the opportunities on campus, the one that played a pivotal role was the Troops to Engineers program, which helps military veterans transition to careers in engineering. Unique to 色情视频 and funded by Northrop Grumman and Boeing, the program offers custom career support, paid internships and job placement. 

Perez considers program coordinator Brittany Field, who nominated him for the CSU Trustees Scholar award, as one of his most influential mentors. 
鈥淲e nominate students who show determination to succeed and Tyler is dedicated and passionate about an engineering career,鈥� Field said. 鈥淗e is a good communicator and he wants to give back, promote the program to other students, and support other veterans.鈥�

Once he graduates and begins working, Perez hopes to mentor others and show them what worked for him, and how he figured out a game plan.

鈥淭his is an honor for our student and for the College of Engineering as a whole,鈥� Dean Eugene Olevsky said. 鈥淭he Troops to Engineers program is one of our most successful initiatives that helps veterans transition to a second career in engineering, and Tyler鈥檚 commitment to the field is laudable."