Class of 2024: Engineering Student Lineth Perez Saw a Land of Opportunity in the U.S. - and Seized the Opportunity at VCU
May 29, 2024
May 29, 2024
RICHMOND, Virginia, May 29 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news:
By Leila Ugincius
Americans might not blink at the thought of a woman engineer, but for Lineth Perez, it's a big deal. And for a woman in her native Colombia to receive a scholarship to even study engineering? That's virtually unheard of.
But Perez wanted to study engineering since 10th grade. Her father and mother worked in the petroleum industry, as an indu . . .
By Leila Ugincius
Americans might not blink at the thought of a woman engineer, but for Lineth Perez, it's a big deal. And for a woman in her native Colombia to receive a scholarship to even study engineering? That's virtually unheard of.
But Perez wanted to study engineering since 10th grade. Her father and mother worked in the petroleum industry, as an indu . . .