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RiPS2014 Student Spotlight: Andres Pacheco Olivas

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What is your hometown?
Garden City, KS

What is your current school?
Garden City Community College

What are your hobbies?
Lifting weights and playing video games.

Are there any other fun facts you would like to share?
I have two younger brothers and my own “code.”

How did you get interested in STEM?
I have always been interested in math. I read an article on a fusion reactor which helped me determine what I wanted to do.

Why did you want to do research?
Coming from a small school I didn’t know what actual research was like, so I wanted to know what it would feel like to conduct actual research.

Tell us about your research project.
My project is about the water quality of Wildcat Creek and how it differs in urban and rural settings. Also, whether these are impacted over time as stream discharge changes.

What advice would you give your past self regarding school? How about for other students interested in STEM?
I would tell students interested in STEM to work really hard in the area they are interested in and to just follow their dreams.