The Honors Ambassadors are veterans in the Honors Institute. They wish to share their experiences, so feel free to contact them with any questions. They are here to assist you. 

Ambassadors Charles Beadle and Mayra Rodriguez on HCC billboard

Meet your 2009-2010 Honors Ambassadors

Basel Amer bamer@hawkmail.hccfl.edu

Hometown? Ramallah, Palestine

What high school did you attend? Tampa Bay Tech

What are your academic goals? Masters in Mechanical Engineering and Minor in Bio-Medical Engineering

Interests? cars, philosophy, politics, mechanics, and horse-back riding

What is your favorite aspect of the Honors Institute? The Honors team is extremely helpful

Angel Aquino aaquino2@hawkmail.hccfl.edu 

Hometown? Santiago, Dominican Republic

What high school did you attend? Riverview High School

What are your academic goals? I plan to major in Environmental Engineering and eventually earn a Masters in Environmental Engineering. 

Interests? church, sports, music, learning, and exploring

What is your favorite aspects of the Honors Institute? the experience and the education

Charles Beadle cbeadle@hawkmail.hccfl.edu

Hometown? Riverview, Florida

What high school did you attend?  Riverview High School

What are your academic goals? Major in English at University of Florida

Interests? the beach, reading

What is your favorite aspect of the Honors Institute? the professionalism

Chris Gaughan cgaughan@hawkmail.hccfl.edu

Hometown? New York City, New York

What high school did you attend? Ridgewood High School, New Port Richey, FL

What are your academic goals?  From HCC, I hope to transfer to MIT or Carnegie Mellon, where I plan to pursue my undergraduate degree in Computer Science. After that, I would like to pursue a Ph.D. in the same field at Caltech or UC-Berkeley.

Interests? live music, philosophy, robotics, modern literature

What is your favorite aspects of the Honors Institute? Big Friday and the Ropes Course

Daniel Guillen dguillen@hawkmail.hccfl.edu

Hometown? Jacona, Michoacan, Mexico

What high school did you attend? Durant High School

What are your academic goals? I would like one day to become a successful mechanical engineer and assist in the perfection of fuel cell vehicles and other ways in the reduction of green house gases that will alleviate the effects of global warming.

Interests? I like watching, playing, and learning about soccer; listening to music; and spending time with my family.

What is your favorite aspect of the Honors Institute? My favorite aspect about the Honors Institute is the opportunities of meeting new people from different backgrounds and cultures in all the events we have, for instance the socials and volunteer activities.

Nader Hasan nhasan@hawkmail.hccfl.edu

Hometown? Ramallah, Palestine

What high school did you attend? Tampa Bay Tech

What are your academic goals? Attend University of Maryland or University of Florida and major in Civil Engineering

Interests? working on motors, politics, traveling

What is your favorite aspect of the Honors Institue? opportunities to attend different conferences

Loren McCollom lmccollom@hawkmail.hccfl.edu

Hometown? Kansas City, Kansas

What high school did you attend? Riverview High School

What are your academic goals? B.A in Mathematics

Interests? My interests include baking all types of desserts (especially cookies), love watching most sports (football, basketball, NASCAR, and baseball), and love being surrounded by my family and friends.

What is your favorite aspects of the Honors Institute? My favorite thing about Honors is that there are numerous opportunities to build new friendships, learn from outstanding professors, travel the globe, build strong leadership skills, and devote your time to the community

Rachel Modrow rmodrow@hawkmail.hccfl.edu

Hometown? Tampa, FL

What high school did you attend? Home school

What are your academic goals?  After completion of an A.A degree from HCC, I intend to transfer into a school of pharmacy to earn a Pharm.D, eventually specializing in the public health aspects of drug therapy. The process of transferring college fostered skills and knowledge to others is my goal in achieving a degree.

Interests? kayaking, science, traveling

What is your favorite aspect of the Honors Institute? community service

Kathy Sierra ksierra4@hawkmail.hccfl.edu

Hometown? Edison, New Jersey

What high school did you attend? Tampa Bay Tech

What are your academic goals? B.A in Marketing followed by an M.B.A

Interests? dancing, reading, and learning about different cultures

What is your favorite aspects of the Honors Institute? I love Big Fridays! We all learn about the following months events, have interesting and insightful symposiums, and hang out with friends from all four campuses!

Mayra Rodriguez mrodriguez93@hawkmail.hccfl.edu

Hometown? Tampa, FL

What high school did you attend? Durant High School

What are your academic goals? After completion of an A.A degree from HCC, I plan to pursue a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing (BSN), then a Masters in Nursing degree to become a Nurse Practitioner (ARNP).

Interests? music, volunteering, and reading

What is your favorite aspects of the Honors Institute? Community service, the Honors' small class sizes, leadership opportunities, and priority registration.