Hometown:
Salado, Texas
Degree:
Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice with a concentration in Criminalistics
What are your career goals?
Currently, I am a student research assistant at the SECURE Cybersecurity Center of Excellence at PVAMU. I practice digital forensics and learn about all tools or methods that are relevant to the field. I plan on completing my certificates in the near future and making a career as a digital forensic investigator. With everything I have learned from my degree, I will have many great opportunities available to me, but my long-term goals are to utilize my experiences to start my own private investigation firm specializing in digital forensics.
Why does this field interest you?
I have always had an affinity for science and technology, as well as frequently watching true crime media, never imagining that one day I could be a forensics investigator, such as the ones I have been fascinated over. Criminalistics is the application of these methods of science and technology to criminal investigations, and I found this field of study to be exemplary to my own interests.
Why did you choose PVAMU?
I had initially wanted to attend [Texas] A&M for computer science but had been handed a pamphlet detailing the Criminalistics Program offered through PVAMU at the RELLIS campus. I then decided to change my path and was awarded an exciting and fulfilling education at PVAMU. I had the honor of being taught by the most compassionate and knowledgeable professors, making great connections and finding great mentors every step of the way. With these resources available to me and studying a field I was passionate about and captivated in, my education at PVAMU was an experience that could not be matched.