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;Name: Hector Garcia;School (Cohort): Universidad de Ingenieria & Tecnologia (2022 cohort);Majoring in: Mechanical Engineering;Country: Peru;Email: [[Special:EmailUser/Hector.garcia.g0207]]
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==Bio==
Hector Garcia is a senior Mechanical Engineering student at the University of Engineering and Technology - UTEC in Lima, Peru. He describes himself as a constant learner, as he always looks for new learning opportunities, both academic and personal.
Hector decided to study mechanical engineering as he saw it as a world-changing major. He was always good at math and physics in high school, but he wanted his knowledge to be applied to solve problems in the real world. Moreover, he always had the "creative" bug. He loved, and still loves, playing and building new things with legos. As a child, he even created his own toys with what he had at hand. The "mechanical" part came by inspiration from his father, who always talked to him about machines and design.
Hector has always outstood academically. Since high school, he developed skills and values such as critical thinking, wayfinding, goal setting, team playing, commitment, responsibility, and many more. When he entered college, he had just one goa.l in mind, to be a great student. Even though he performed well academically, due to some troubles in the first years and the pandemic, he realized that grades are not everything and that a great student is not the one with the highest GPA, but the one who also contributes to the growth of his community and works actively for his improvement.
Since then, Hector has worked with a different goal in mind;
'''''"To be a change agent in his college community, who generates opportunities for students and inspires others"'''''
With that goal in mind, he joined the founding team of ASTM UTEC, the first ASTM student chapter outside the U.S, an organization that aims to foster standards, research, and industry networking among students. Furthermore, he re-founded the ASME UTEC Student Section, as he realized that the mechanical engineering department didn't have a representative organization and that it could provide students with tools, knowledge, and opportunities for their academic and professional life. Finally, as a way to keep getting involved and influence his community, Hector joined the Peer Mentoring Program at UTEC, where he helped to foster the integration of first-year students into the UTEC community, providing guidance and support during their adaptation process to university life
Hector knows that there is still a lot to improve, but he is, so far, going in the right way. He wants to keep learning in order to generate more opportunities for students. As a future fellow, he would like to foster early research opportunities and workshops that aim to develop problem-finding and design thinking skills among early-year students. In the coming future, he would like to take part in projects related to research, development, and innovation in new materials, advanced manufacturing, and mechanical design. He aims to be a complete mechanical engineer, with both hard and soft skills well developed.
==Achievements==
== Contact Information ==
'''Email:''' hector.garcia.g@utec.edu.pe
'''Cellphone:''' +51 989074569
==Social media profiles==
[https://www.linkedin.com/in/hectorgarciago/ LinkedIn]
[https://www.instagram.com/hector.garcia.g/?hl=es Instagram]
[https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002469604459 Facebook]
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