From Tempe, Arizona to El Paso, Texas heading to Houston; I’m ready to set off on a new adventure in which I’ll visit a new city and new university.

I’m originally from El Paso but attend Arizona State University for school where I study Mechanical Engineering. I’ve been home in El Paso where I’m visiting my family before I head of to Rice to start my internship in Solar Membrane Distilation. All this travel has me living out of my suitcase but I enjoy it, it just means that a new adventure is waiting around the corner and I’m ready to take it. This internship at Rice is a stepping stone for me into the type of enviormental research that I love. I’m also a bit nervous because this is the first time I have ever done research to this intensity. I do know that once I get into the lab and meet everyone personally I can do very well on this project; I am the type of person who needs to get her hands on the project itself to understand it.

I’m heading out to Houston sometime this afternoon, it’s 3:00 am in El Paso and I’m re-packing my suitcase, charging my phone and studing the the university map and reviewing my trip. Although I am nervous I know these next seven week are going to be a blast!

 

Wish me luck,

Evelyn Holguin