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Collaborate with different schools and clubs to increase community college enrollment and promote degrees in manufacturing and engineering by sharing my own experiences and giving students connections/resources. Connect with manufacturing and engineering industries to build relationships for students and gain knowledge on the new technical advancements to better explain the requirements and skills needed for the field.

Managed and coordinated meetings for the mechanical team in the COSPAR-1 CubeSAT mission, effectively bringing spanish and english communication to facilitate collaboration among a team of international students Tested the HEX20 FlatSAT, gathering essential performance data to validate component functionality Collaborated with sub-system teams to design and present a spacecraft that incorporated the FlatSAT and mission-specific payloads, contributing to the alignment of mechanical, electrical, software, communications and systems engineering aspects of the mission.