Alexia Wallace is a first-year student pursuing a degree in Biomedical engineering with the support of the Morrill Scholars program. She is from Cincinnati, Ohio and is a graduate of Walnut Hills High School. Outside of the classroom she enjoys reading, watching movies and spending time with her family. During the summer, she participated in a 3 week program for minorities in engineering, PREFACE, that worked to improve the retention of minorities in engineering by bringing students on campus and having them practice taking classes and meeting with companies.
On campus she is currently a member of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) and involved with the Society of Women Engineers (SWE). In NSBE she is a part of the mentor/mentee program and the project committee, which is working on a baby monitoring system to address the high infant mortality rate in Columbus. Additionally, she is involved in the Humanitarian Engineering Scholars program which allows her to combine her passion for community service with engineering. Outside of engineering she is involved with the Black Student Association (BSA). Moving forward, she is hoping to minor in Neuroscience and use her degree to work on neural prosthesis.
My top five strengths were Empathy, Developer, Harmony, Includer, and Achiever.
Empathy is being able to sense the feeling of those around you and I connect with this strength because I feel that I am constantly trying to be aware of how other people are feeling.
Developer is recognizing and cultivating the potential in others. I relate to this because I truly believe that everyone is good at something and can help in a unique way.
Harmony is looking for consensus. In groups, I always try to keep peace because I don’t like when people are arguing and fighting.
Includer is accepting other and I connect with this because I hate when I feel that people are being left out or ignored.
Achiever is having a great deal of stamina or hard work. When working on something, I like to finish and I don’t like giving up on things until I feel that I’ve exhausted every option.