After graduating from UCLA in June, I stayed around the LA area for a summer internship with the Southern California Gas Company. Although I've worked in the private sector as well as in research facilities, I've never had exposure to a utilities company. My duties the Process Engineering group involved visiting gas storage fields, developing process screens to assist field operators in monitoring gas flow, and supporting engineers by editing drawings and creating a tag database. In an effort to offset the numerous transatlantic and transpacific flights that I've taken in past couple years, I commuted to downtown LA from Westwood by public transportation every day. Sitting on either the Commuter Express 431 or the Metro Rapid 720 was often loud, uncomfortable, and bumpy, yet it gave me a different perspective on Angelenos. And despite the fact that I usually dozed off or was engrossed in a book during the commute, I do appreciate the few interactions I had with the other bus-riders.
So to my home for the last 4 years, I'd like to say thanks- for introducing me to great places and more importantly, great friends. And instead of goodbye, see ya later- this isn't the last you've seen of me!
With my mom at graduation:
With friends, standing under the columns of Royce Hall:
At the engineering commencement:
My UCLA throughout the decades collage:
With my friend Marie at the LACMA:
Central Library in downtown LA:
Saying goodbye to EWB friends at Shamshiri:
With Warren and the delicious tres leches cake he made for me:
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