Class of 1988
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| Name (click to email) | Ms. Denise Garcia Swisher |
| Occupation | Teacher, KIPP Academy, Houston, Texas |
| Undergraduate University | Rice University. Class of 1994. BA in Biology |
| Life After MITE2S | WOW! After MITES, I graduated from Rice in 1994, and fell in love with teaching. I taught at several charter schools in Houston, until I found my home at KIPP Academy. I got married to an Aggie, Jason, in 2000, and had my two two boys, Adam and Jacob, shortly after. We spend lots of time at the baseball fields with both of them. Love to hear from anyone! |
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| Name (click to email) | Ms. DeAnne C. Cardenas |
| Occupation | Engineer |
| Undergraduate University | University of Colorado - Boulder. Class of 1995. B.S. in Electrical Engineer |
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| Name (click to email) | Mr. Warren O. Chain |
| Occupation | Student |
| Undergraduate University | Princeton University. Class of 1993. B. S. in Electrical Engineering |
| Graduate University | University of Chicago. Class of 2002. Master of Divinity in Religion |
| Graduate University | University of Chicago. Class of 2008. Ph.D. in Religions Ethics |
| Life After MITE2S | After graduation, I worked for Motorola selling semiconductors for 5 years. Then, I founded and ran a technology headhunting company. Most recently, I have been in graduate school in the area of Religious Ethics. |
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| Name (click to email) | Ms. Arlene Collazo |
| Occupation | Major, US Air Force |
| Undergraduate University | United States Air Force Academy. Class of 1994. BS in Astronautical Engineering |
| Graduate University | University of Colorado. Class of 1998. M.E. in Space Operations |
| Graduate University | Air Force Institute of Technology. Class of 2006. M.S. in Systems Engineering |
| Life After MITE2S | I graduated from US Air Force Academy and was commissioned in the Air Force in 1994 as a Space and Missiles Officer. I am stationed at Langley AFB, VA as a Space Weapons and Tactics Manager. |
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| Name (click to email) | Mr. Griffin Leroy Davis |
| Occupation | Emergency medicine physician |
| Undergraduate University | MIT. Class of 1993. BS in Electrical Engineering |
| Graduate University | John Hopkins Medical School. Class of 1998. M.D. |
| Graduate University | Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. Class of 1997. M.P.H |
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| Name (click to email) | Mr. Michael George Gonzalez |
| Occupation | Physician |
| Undergraduate University | Rice University. Class of 1993. BA in Economics / Political Science |
| Graduate University | University of Texas Health Science Center - Houston. Class of 2000. M.D. in Medicine |
| Life After MITE2S | Graduated from Rice University then went to medical school after three years working as a college admission officer at Rice. Upon graduation, entered service in U.S.A.F. for post-graduate medical training. Served two years as flight surgeon, now back in residency training in Emergency Medicine. |
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| Name (click to email) | Mr. Henry Lee Jackson |
| Occupation | Medicinal Chemist |
| Undergraduate University | Rice University. Class of 1996. BA in Chemistry |
| Graduate University | University of Washington. Class of 2000. M.S. in Chemistry |
| Graduate University | University of Washington. Class of 2002. Ph.D in Chemistry |
| Life After MITE2S | Drug discovery research for a start-up biotech in Aiea, Hawaii since finishing up graduate studies back in 2002. |
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| Name (click to email) | Ms. Christina Beth Jackson Penrose |
| Occupation | Production Engineer |
| Undergraduate University | University of Delaware. Class of 1993. BS in Chemical Engineering |
| Life After MITE2S | Since MITE2S, I went on to pursue a Chemical Engineering degree from University of Delaware. After graduation in 1993, I began my career at Merck & Co., Inc. as an Environmental Auditor in West Point, PA. In 1995, I moved back to New York to marry my high school sweetheart, Clint who my fellow alumnis were able to meet in Boston. I continued my career at Merck's Rahway, NJ site moving through a few positions to Senior Environmental Engineer. In 1998, we moved to Houston, Texas where I began my tenure at Sterling Chemicals, Inc. in Texas City, TX as a Process Engineer. I also gave birth to our son Tyson in that year. We are still in Houston and I am now a Manufactuing Support Engineer with Sterling supporting four manufacturing units. |
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| Name (click to email) | Mr. Theodore Cassell Johnson |
| Occupation | Medical Device Business Development |
| Undergraduate University | Stanford University. Class of 1993. BS in Mechanical Engineering |
| Graduate University | University of Michigan. Class of 2004. M.B.A. in Business |
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| Name (click to email) | Ms. Simonne Renee Jones Whitmore |
| Undergraduate University | Southern University. Class of 1994. B.S. in Civil Engineering |
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| Name (click to email) | Mr. Dale Lee Lefebvre |
| Occupation | Partner in Venture Capital Firm |
| Undergraduate University | MIT. Class of 1993. BS in Electrical Engineering |
| Graduate University | Harvard Business School. Class of 1999. MBA |
| Graduate University | Harvard Law School. Class of 1999. JD |
| Life After MITE2S | Post grad school investing in and advising early to mid stage companies. |
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| Name (click to email) | Mr. Quentin Emmanuel McMullen |
| Occupation | SAS Programmer/Analyst |
| Undergraduate University | Harvard. Class of 1993. BA in Psychology |
| Life After MITE2S | After college I worked on a cruise ship for a year. Then came back to reality and worked in public health research (drug abuse treatment, prison health, blood supply safety). I'm basically doing data management and statistical analysis. Got married in '99. Moved to Wash D.C. in 2000. Look back fondly on MITES experience, though I probably didn't appreciate it enough at the time.... |
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| Name (click to email) | Mr. Valentin Medina |
| Occupation | Engineer |
| Undergraduate University | University of Texas. Class of 1994. BS in Electrical Engineering |
| Graduate University | University of Texas. Class of 1999. MS in Electrical Engineering |
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| Name (click to email) | Ms. Lesley Pinckney |
| Occupation | Special Projects Director |
| Undergraduate University | Hunter College. Class of 2002. B.A. in Religion, Philosophy |
| Life After MITE2S | Attended Cornell University but left before graduation. Moved to New York, worked for several dot-com start-ups some successful, some not so much. Decided after 9/11 to pursue my true passion of being in a creative position within the business of entertainment while simultaneously going back to get my degree at Hunter. I've accepted a position in NYC at Essence Magazine overseeing their planning for television, mobile and broadband. I love to cook, I read profusely, I travel anytime I can, and compliment my professional career – volunteering at the Reciprocity Foundation working with homeless young adults. |
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| Name (click to email) | Ms. Valeria Patrice Porter |
| Undergraduate University | Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech). Class of 1993. B.S. in Management/Economics |
| Graduate University | Georgia State University. Class of 1998. M.S. in Marketing |
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| Name (click to email) | Mr. Francisco Daniel Rivera |
| Occupation | Engineer |
| Undergraduate University | University of Notre Dame. Class of 1993. BS in Aerospace Engineering |
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| Name (click to email) | Mr. Albert Aaron Saenz |
| URL | http://www.albertsaenz.com |
| Occupation | Real Estate |
| Undergraduate University | University of Texas at Austin. Class of 1994. BS in Electrical Engineering |
| Life After MITE2S | I worked 10 years in high tech doing everything from development, program management, quality, and senior management roles. After the dot com crash, I started building a real estate investment and sales career. Currently a Broker Associate with the #1 Market Center for Keller Williams Realty here in Austin. Am recently married and would love to hear from my MITES friends! |
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