Twingineering Episode 13: Being a First Gen in Industry & Moving Away From Home from Twingineering

Twingineering Episode 13: Being a First Gen in Industry & Moving Away From Home

1 hour 10 minutes Posted Jan 16, 2024 at 2:11 am.

Episode Start

Welcome/Intros

Weekly Highs and Lows

Something We Learned in Our Current Roles

Emilia's Experience in College + Current Role

Moving Away From Home

Q&A: Are there any shareable lessons learned after moving away from friends and family?

Q&A: How is it being far away from home and the overall transition from school to work life?

Q&A: How did you improve any technical skills or improve your engineering mindset?

Q&A: How is the change in food and supermarkets?

Q&A: What's the first thing you do when you get into work?

Q&A: How did the opportunity to work at GM come to be and did you know someone there?

Q&A: What did it feel like being first-generation as the oldest sister and cousin?

Q&A: Any advice on moving to a different state?

Closing Remarks/Outro

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For this episode, we talk to Emilia about being first gen in industry and moving away from home for the first time. We also answer some submitted questions!

About Emilia: She is a recent graduate from UC Davis with her Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering. She got an amazing opportunity shortly afterwards to work full time as a hardware engineer with General Motors. She's navigated not only being a Latina in STEM but also moving across the country for the first time without her family and friends.

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