She fell for engineering and wanted to become an engineer after getting involved with the campus chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers.

“Before I came to Georgia Tech I didn’t even know what engineering was, which is crazy,” she said. “Being a student at Georgia Tech has changed my life because it’s pushed me to demand more of myself than I ever would’ve done otherwise.”

Another of Funso’s passions is photography. Both her parents were photographers, and she got a camera for her 18^th birthday. She started taking pictures for graduating seniors at her high school, and the practice continued at Georgia Tech.

She launched her own photography business, and groups on campus hired her to take photos at their events. She’s captured many images of classmates' graduation moments before earning her own degree.

Last year she was one of the winners of the Institute’s Alvin M. Ferst Leadership and Entrepreneur Scholarship Award.

Funso will start working for Accenture in September, but she’s not putting away her camera.

“Photography is never going away,” she said. “That will always be a part of my life.”

Learn more about Funso here.