When Danelle Lazcano-Concelman graduates from Colorado State University this month with her bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, she will have earned with a 3.39 GPA, completed two NASA internships, and served as a college ambassador and CSU Rocket Team project manager. In August, she starts work at NASA as a Ccyogenic propulsion systems engineer.
Not bad for someone who is the first in her family to go to college and took calculus three times just to be admitted to the Walter Scott, Jr. College of Engineering.
Born in Commerce City, Colorado, computer engineering careers had completed her sophomore year at Adams City High School. Through CSU’s TRIO program, which teaches students to navigate a path to higher education, she participated in the Alliance Summer STEM Institute’s Renewable Energy Summer Camp program. This experience offered her a glimpse into her future; she knew she was destined to be an engineer, as she dreamed of becoming an astronaut.
Because of its low student test scores and graduation rates, Adams City could not provide the resources Lazcano-Concelman needed to enroll in a competitive college major. She had failed calculus, then received tutoring from a former CSU professor who taught calculus at Adams City. After she failed her second attempt to pass the course, an adviser suggested she explore other majors, but Lazcano-Concelman refused to give up. On her third try, she passed.
Lazcano-Concelman has been financially supporting herself since the age of 15, applying for federal student aid and securing scholarships to fund her education.
Not bad for someone who is the first in her family to go to college and took calculus three times just to be admitted to the Walter Scott, Jr. College of Engineering.
Born in Commerce City, Colorado, computer engineering careers had completed her sophomore year at Adams City High School. Through CSU’s TRIO program, which teaches students to navigate a path to higher education, she participated in the Alliance Summer STEM Institute’s Renewable Energy Summer Camp program. This experience offered her a glimpse into her future; she knew she was destined to be an engineer, as she dreamed of becoming an astronaut.
Because of its low student test scores and graduation rates, Adams City could not provide the resources Lazcano-Concelman needed to enroll in a competitive college major. She had failed calculus, then received tutoring from a former CSU professor who taught calculus at Adams City. After she failed her second attempt to pass the course, an adviser suggested she explore other majors, but Lazcano-Concelman refused to give up. On her third try, she passed.
Lazcano-Concelman has been financially supporting herself since the age of 15, applying for federal student aid and securing scholarships to fund her education.
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