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Joachim Bendix Lyon

Biography

Joachim Lyon grew up as the middle child of five. When his parents divorced, his mother returned to graduate school while working full-time, and his older siblings left for college and boarding high school. "I effectively became the adult in my mother's house, responsible for my two younger siblings. I thought of this new position neither as a burden nor a privilege; it was simply something that I was meant to do." Advanced Placement classes and college applications eventually demanded a balancing act on the high school student's part, but Joachim gained deep gratification from his close relationship with his younger siblings.

At university, Joachim worked as a resident advisor and served in student government. When he became an upper-division student, he focused on classes in his new major, which excited him: cognitive science. Joachim won a grant to live abroad in China between his junior and senior years. He prepared by completing the equivalent of three years of Mandarin language course work in less than two years. When he returned to the university, he employed his new energy as a teaching assistant for a favorite professor. He won an award for undergraduate excellence in teaching. He also held jobs as an English tutor, and has worked since graduation as an associate staff researcher and lab manager in the interactive cognition laboratory at the university. Joachim performs and composes music and has always enjoyed literature and creative writing.

The field of study Joachim is pursuing requires formal introductions to neuroscience, anthropology, philosophy, psychology, statistics, and computational programming. This scholarship makes possible his study at a leading institution for cognitive science, located overseas, presenting Joachim with a new chapter in his personal and creative growth.

Read the San Diego Union-Tribune article:

Graduate Wins Dream Scholarship

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