USU: Tell us about your position with the USU.
Andy: Right now with online classes, we’re helping students, faculty and staff who send in request forms when they need IT help. We also check out their computers, personal headsets, microphones, keyboard or any other technology that needs fixing. My favorite tasks are the more hands-on hardware work where I get to open the laptops and see what we’re working with.
USU: What’s your dream job?
Andy: I want to be an IT Administrator or an IT Networking Administrator for start-up companies. Usually, those companies don’t know how to keep their data secure and I’d like to help them.
USU: What project/task have you done for the USU that makes you most proud?
Andy: I was proud of my work on the USB outlets of the umbrella charging stations in the USU. My supervisor told me to disassemble the ports, figure out what was broken and how to fix it. It took me awhile, but I solved it and it was my first-time soldering wires!
USU: If you could invite any two guests to dinner, who would they be?
Andy: Kobe Bryant and my grandma. I was always inspired by Kobe and how he motivated everyone to have that “mamba instinct” of dedication to anything big or small. I would ask my grandma about her childhood and if there’s anything she would’ve done differently in life that she’d advise me to consider.
USU: What is your star sign?
Andy: I’m a Sagittarius but I feel like I'm the opposite of it. Most of my friends are Scorpios or Capricorns. I also think I’m a Sagittarius-Capricorn cusp, so maybe that’s why I don’t identify as a complete Sagittarius.
USU: Who is someone you aspire to be like?
Andy: My dad. He’s a hard worker, he never gives up and always encourages me to try my best. He learned from my grandma that he should never be a stranger to anyone and to be as helpful to people as possible. He’s a very caring man and that’s his most admirable trait.