Student Ambassadors

Ian Smith, Class of 2020

Ian grew up in Arlington, TX and received his BA in International Relations with a focus in economic development from Brown University in 2011. Currently, Ian serves as Regional Vice President with Westwood Holdings Group, a local asset manager in Dallas, TX.

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Amir Safvat, Class of 2020

An Iranian-American citizen, Amir initially moved to U.S. to pursue academic goals. He received an Honor Bachelor of Science degree in Architecture (Magna cum Laude) and a Master of Architecture both from the University of Texas at Arlington.

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Caroline Nwaekwe, Class of 2020

Caroline received her Bachelor of Science degree in Healthcare Studies from the University of Texas at Dallas in 2018. She currently works for LifePath systems, the local authority for behavioral health in Collin County. Her role is the evaluator for the Texas System of Care program, a HHSC community-based initiative.

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Tiffani Jantz, Class of 2020

Tiffani received her BA in Psychology and Child Development and her MS in Applied Cognition and Neuroscience with top honors from The University of Texas at Dallas. Fascinated by the human mind, she worked as a Traumatic Brain Injury Research Coordinator for 10 years at UT Dallas.

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Srikanth Jagannathan, Class of 2020

Srikanth Jagannathan received his Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical and Electronics from University of Madras. He received his Master of Science and Doctorate degrees from Vanderbilt University in Electrical Engineering. He is currently working as a principal hardware design engineer at NXP Semiconductors.

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Morgan Hembling, Class of 2020

Morgan graduated from The University of Texas at Austin in 2016 with a BBA in finance and a minor in accounting. She’s worked as a financial analyst, customer service representative, and most recently, a business unit accountant.

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Jessica Thompson, Class of 2020

Jessica graduated summa cum laude from Arizona State University in 2018 with a B.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies while serving in the United States Air Force. During her time in the Air Force, Jessica held several roles including airborne language analyst, unit security manager, intelligence analysis supervisor, and mission management supervisor.

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Vincent Snow, Class of 2019

Vincent earned his M.S in Computer Forensics from John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York. After graduation, he served as a Criminal Investigator for the United States Government.

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Karandeep Singh, Class of 2020

Originally from India, Karan earned his bachelor’s degree in IT in 2010, following which he went on to work with Accenture for 9 years, the first five in India and the rest in the US. He has loved every bit of his work supporting Fortune 500 companies in the banking and healthcare sectors in their digital transformation journeys spanning from mainframe and windows-based applications to web-based platforms and finally to mobile.

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Gautam Sharma, Class of 2019

Gautam received a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Engineering in 2012 and started working for one of the most valued IT services brand globally- TCS. Alongside his job as a software engineer, Gautam, along with his friend, started up a media and entertainment firm to quench his entrepreneurial thirst.

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Allison Potter, Class of 2020

Allison Potter earned her B.A. in Psychology from the University of Delaware in 2005.She explored a variety of industries in her professional career from commercial real estate to medical education to aptitude testing .

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Rupal Mehta, Class of 2020

Rupal graduated from University of Houston in 2016 with a B.A. in Public Relations and was an active radio DJ and concert photographer for the university’s radio station during her time there. She was responsible for creating Uber Eats’ first-ever college brand ambassador program, which piloted in Houston and Austin.

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Andrew Matsil, Class of 2019

After growing up in Richardson, Andrew graduated from the University of Miami (FL) in 2015 with a BBA in Marketing and a minor in Sports Administration. Andrew was able to hold roles in several areas including Accounting/Human Resources Associate, Director of Supply Chain, and Director of Financial Analysis.

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