Logan Boyd

President

• Hometown: Aloha, Oregon
• Major: Mechanical Engineering
• Graduation: May 2021
• Countries Visited: Canada, Jamaica, Japan, Ireland, Croatia, Italy, Norway, UK
• Interests: Soccer, Japanese, theology, study abroad
• Enjoyed Most about Experience Abroad: During my program to Italy, I randomly decided to go to Croatia for a weekend, and Dubrovnik is now a beautiful memory. These programs are fantastic because they are opportunities to ask yourself, "What do I want to see? Where in all the world do I want to be?" and then to learn how to get yourself to that place.

Jasmine Workman 

Vice President

• Hometown: The Woodlands, Texas
• Major: Environmental Engineering
• Minor: Spanish, Mathematics
• Graduation: May 2021
• Countries Visited: Ireland, the UK, France, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Mexico
• Interests: Movies, Reading, Ballet
• Enjoyed Most about Experience Abroad: A tie between 1) all the amazing trips I took/experiences I had with friends and 2) the confidence in myself and my abilities I developed and then applied in my life upon returning from abroad.

Karina Puente

Treasurer

• Hometown: Houston, Texas
• Major: Mechanical Engineering
• Minor: Spanish & Mathematics
• Graduation: Spring 2021
• Countries Visited: Spain, Portugal, France, British Overseas Territory, and the United Kingdom
• Interests: Robots, anime, linguistics, research, scuba, and running
• Enjoyed Most about Experience Abroad: Food, new cultures, life experiences, educational advantage, opportunities, and funny stories

Alexis Palomarez

Secretary

• Hometown: Rosenberg, Texas
• Major: Mechanical Engineering
• Minor: Mathematics
• Graduation: May 2021
• Countries Visited: Japan
• Interests: Reading, sketching, skateboarding, and trying new foods!
• Enjoyed Most about Experience Abroad: I loved breaking out of my comfort zone to make new friends from around the world, figuring out the train system and exploring sites and new foods!

Nathan Wilson 

SORC Rep 

• Hometown: Whitehouse, Texas
• Major: Chemical Engineering
• Graduation: May 2020
• Countries: Canada, Costa Rica, England, Scotland, Australia
• Interests: Making music, Sports, Cooking, Hunting, Fly Fishing 
• Enjoyed Most about Experience Abroad: it pushed me to step outside my comfort zone, be more independent, I made a lot of new friends, and I absolutely loved the different cultures I was able to experience.

Priscila De Almeida

• Hometown: Angola/Luanda
• Major: Petroleum and Mechanical Eng
• Graduation: 2022
• Countries Visited: Portugal, Brasil, USA, Angola, South Africa, Italy, Greece, France
• Interests: swimming, singing, dancing, pro in Jiu-jitsu, robotics, everything related to engineering
• What you Enjoyed Most about your Experience Abroad: The unique opportunity to learn about a new culture as well as teach others about my own. It was a learning experience of respect, confidence, challenges, and independence.

Heber Bibang

• Hometown: Gabon, Libreville
• Major: Petroleum Engineering
• Graduation: May 2021
• Countries Visited: Cameroun, Italy, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Ireland
• Interests: STEM, Soccer, Gym, Music (Piano & Guitar), Anime, Manga, Languages, Traveling
• Enjoyed Most about Experience Abroad: Freely share my cultures and traditions with people as much as I learn about theirs.

Alan Gonzalez 

• Hometown: Eagle Pass, TX
• Major: Civil Engineering
• Graduation: Fall 2021
• Countries: Singapore, Japan, and Mexico
• Interests: Tennis, running, painting, film making, and anything else that gets me out of my comfort zone
• Enjoyed Most about Experience Abroad: Becoming friends with people from across the world, learning from many cultures, and finding the inspiration to challenge myself!

Roman Smyslov

• Hometown: Dallas, Texas/Odessa, Ukraine
• Major: Petroleum Engineering
• Minor: Mathematics and General Business
• Graduation: May 2022
• Countries Visited: Italy, Eastern Europe, Central America
• Interests: Cooking and going to the dog park with my pup!
• Enjoyed most about experience abroad: I enjoyed traveling to the Amalfi Coast and seeing the beautiful scenery.

Landon Moore

• Hometown: Magnolia, TX                                                                                           
• Major: Mechanical Engineering
• Minor: Mathematics
• Graduation: May 2021
• Countries Visited: Brazil, Spain, Portugal, France, Germany, and Austria.
• Interests: Coffee, traveling, cars, motorcycles, nature, and music
• Enjoyed most about experience abroad: Connection. My favorite part about traveling is the people I meet and the friendships that come of it. There are many things to be said about traveling, but the biggest and most important one is the connections with people.

Diresh Shrestha

• Hometown: Kathmandu, Nepal                                                                     
• Major: Computer Science
• Minor: Mathematics
• Graduation: May 2021
• Countries Visited: Japan, South Korea, Germany, Netherlands, UK, Finland, Norway, Nepal, India
• Interests: Music, Art, Books, History, Software
• Enjoyed most about experience abroad: Seeing the Northern Lights with study abroad friends in the Arctic circle.

Yuan Liu

• Hometown: San Antonio, TX
• Major: Civil Engineering
• Graduation Term: May 2022
• Countries Visited: China and Spain
• Interests: Museums, Hiking, and Mocha Frappes
• Enjoyed Most About Experience Abroad: Abundant places to explore and tasty foods to be eaten!