{"674473":{"#nid":"674473","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Econ Grad to Speak at Spring Commencement","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWith family, friends, faculty, and classmates looking on, five graduates will address the crowd inside McCamish Pavilion as this year\u2019s Spring Commencement reflection speakers.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe speakers will be Nikhil Iyengar, a Ph.D. aerospace engineering candidate; Stefanny Arcos, an undergraduate economics candidate; Rish Desai, an undergraduate computer science candidate; Ritvik Ramakrishnan, a master\u2019s computer science candidate; and Kathleen Devlin, an undergraduate industrial engineering candidate.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch2\u003EOvercoming Imposter Syndrome\u003C\/h2\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOne grade in one class doesn\u0027t define an academic career. After a disappointing grade on her first differential calculus exam, Stefanny Arcos wondered if she was cut out for Georgia Tech, but help from her advisors and friends gave her a new mindset that powered her through to Commencement \u2014 and it\u0027s one she intends to share.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I think imposter syndrome is real, and I want to help remind my fellow graduates that they are enough. It\u0027s so important to focus on celebrating our small daily victories just as much as the big ones,\u0022 she said.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis opportunity gives Arcos a chance to thank those who helped her throughout her journey, and that support is what she\u0027ll miss the most. \u0022I have met incredible friends and mentors, and I will always be thankful for my time here. Even at my lowest lows, I was always surrounded by people who comforted and cared for me.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Douglasville, Georgia, native will graduate with a degree in economics, and before starting law school, she will take some time off to visit family in Ambato, Ecuador.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis article was originally posted in the Georgia Tech News Center. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/news.gatech.edu\/news\/2024\/04\/30\/meet-spring-commencement-reflection-speakers\u0022\u003EMeet the rest of the 2024 Commencement speakers here.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EStefanny Arcos, graduating with a B.S. in Economics, will address her fellow classmates at Commencement this weekend. \u0022I think imposter syndrome is real, and I want to help remind my fellow graduates that they are enough,\u0022 she says.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Stefanny Arcos, graduating with a B.S. in Economics, will address her fellow classmates at Commencement this weekend. \u0022I think imposter syndrome is real, and I want to help remind my fellow graduates that they are enough,\u0022 she says."}],"uid":"35766","created_gmt":"2024-05-01 14:53:42","changed_gmt":"2024-05-01 15:02:55","author":"dminardi3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2024-05-01T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-05-01T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"673901":{"id":"673901","type":"image","title":"Arcos.png","body":null,"created":"1714575743","gmt_created":"2024-05-01 15:02:23","changed":"1714575743","gmt_changed":"2024-05-01 15:02:23","alt":"Stefanny Arcos headshot","file":{"fid":"257356","name":"Arcos.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/05\/01\/Arcos_0.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/05\/01\/Arcos_0.png","mime":"image\/png","size":1229323,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/05\/01\/Arcos_0.png?itok=1IXxiJHE"}}},"media_ids":["673901"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1282","name":"School of Economics"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:dminardi3@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EDi Minardi\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIvan Allen College of Liberal Arts\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}