
Interview with Maria – Dean’s List Winner
“I am not going to lie, the first day I thought I was in the wrong class because I was the only girl. I was like terrified, Cortez said. “But, I said, okay, I will stick with this.”
Cortez is pleased she did because that first class focusing on science, technology, engineering and math, led to her involvement with FIRST RGV, a nonprofit that organizes FIRST robotics competitions for school aged participants.