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Jeffrey Garcia
“Summer programs at top-ranked universities have allowed me to gain a tremendous advantage in my pursuit of a career in engineering.”
- Alumni of: 2006 College Scholarship Program
- Resides: Downey, CA
- Hometown: Downey, CA
- Age: 23
- Four-year College or University: Stanford University
- Academic/Career Pursuits: Business, Education / Academia, Engineering, Entrepreneur / Independent Business, Finance / Economy, Government, Media / Communications / Marketing, Politics and Diplomacy
- Other Interests: Computing / IT, Government, Leadership Development, Nonprofits, Performing Arts / Theatre, Public Policy, Public Services, Tutoring / Mentoring, Volunteer Work, Latin America
Biography
Jeffrey Garcia said he had never considered private education, but when his counselor suggested Don Bosco Tech, he tried it out and found it a good fit. He liked both the school’s engineering and science specialties as well as its Catholic orientation. Although this meant leaving his friends and neighborhood, he never looked back.
Today, Jeffrey relishes not just his friends from Don Bosco but also those he has met as a Young Scholar, with whom he feels he is linked by more than age. He is impressed most by the fact that they “want to excel through education and remain dedicated to working hard,” and says he is continuously motivated by having been identified alongside them as a Young Scholar.
Jeffrey has certainly made his own mark as a student. Chemistry teacher Armando Pacheco calls him “an exceptionally bright individual with unequaled eagerness to learn sciences.” He went well beyond class requirements and pursued such tasks as designing experiments to test chemistry concepts in the school lab.
As a son of immigrants, Jeffrey is also motivated by more than academic or professional goals. Interested in an engineering career, he defines “success” in personal terms. “I will not be successful in life,” he says, “until I feel that I have given back to my parents a decent fraction of what they’ve given to me.”
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