Biosketch
Name?
Deyvi Andrade Aviles
College?
Francis College of Engineering
Major?
Electrical Engineering w/ Chemistry Minor
Hometown?
Somerville, MA
Favorite hobbies?
My most enjoyable hobbies include collecting and building Lego sets of any kind, coding simple to complex projects, and driving around in rural areas - no urban areas because of too much traffic!
What is your favorite thing about UML?
I’d have to say my favorite part about UML so far is are the people. I’ve met a lot of fantastic people; both faculty and students that really made my experience in UML really worthwhile.
What are your future goals?
I have lots of plans related to academia such as performing my own research in the area of renewable energy, but I other mundane goals of mine include owning an old, exotic Japanese domestic vehicle and purchasing a house somewhere within the Greater Boston Area for my family.
What has being involved with the RHSA meant to you?
It has given me a new perspective regarding students’ experience in college. Specifically, I have realized that a huge part of college is developing yourself as a person and figuring out exactly what you want to accomplish in life. One of those things that I realized I wanted to do was become a support system for people that need it. This could be either academic, general well-being, or both. Being involved with the RHSA to me meant that there is a way for me to accomplish this desire to help people with their problems; people who—like me—needed someone to guide them in ways that wasn’t necessarily for academic purposes.
Looking back, what advice would you give to yourself in your first year of college?
I would stress a lot about the financial part of school, and its understandable to worry about a lot of about exactly how you are going to pay for school given its huge amount of expenses. Some advice would be to simply not worry too much about it. Easier said than done but in hindsight, I had lots of support going into school with new friends and faculty members, all of which supported and reassured me that I would be okay regardless of the implications of navigating college and enduring the responsibilities of paying for your education. To put it simply: “things look pretty dire, but you will figure things out because you’re a smart kid, and you will always find a way out.”
What advice would you give fellow students?
We all are here because we are trying to figure out things for ourselves; we don’t have to know everything in the moment, and that’s okay. Because aside from effort and positivity, we gather this with time.