Maria R. Garcia Torres is a peer mentor at the Center for Student Success. Garcia is a senior studying Architectural Engineering, and is from Monterrey, Nuevo Leon. Here is more about her.
What are your hobbies?
I like to play tennis often, occasionally fish and golf.
What do you look forward to as a student mentor?
Seeing students that want to excel in their careers, be independent and secure their future. They’re in the same position I was two years ago, and it’s hard to know where to start.
What are your goals?
As a mentor, I want to see students come back and be more confident so they can make their decisions. For my own career, I want to land in a MEP ( Mechanical Engineering Plumbing) design company as I work towards my Professional Engineering license and afterward look into an MBA.
If you could pick an actor to play you in a movie who would it be? Why?
Gina Rodriguez, I like her acting in the roles she has received.
As a mentor what lesson do you want students to learn?
A lot of students think they need to be at a large school to be successful. Being able to reflect the past two years, I realized that the university doesn’t make the student, but the student and faculty make the university. I also want them to learn that stuff happens, that’s how life is and they just have to keep going.