LEAP Leader Alumni
Alumni Spotlight!
M.P. Hayes, 2016, was just awarded a prestigious 2018 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Grant.
M.P. currently is working on his doctoral degree in chemistry at LSU. He was one of 2000 graduate students from across the nation to receive the award from an applicant pool of 12,000. His research, which will create a synthetic soil, considers the negative effect of pesticides and their run-off that harm the environment. For details, read an overview of his research grant proposal.
M.P. noted that "one of the reviewers made a comment about my outreach in the LEAP mentoring program." SHC and LEAP are proud of his accomplishments.
Name, Class
First Destination
Organization
Location
Theresa Bertini, 2018
Admissions Counselor
Spring Hill College
Mobile, AL
Sierra Curtis , 2018
Teach for America Teacher and Graduate Student in Writing at Arizona State University
Phoenix, AZ
Andrew Pettus, 2017
Innovation Research Fellow
Washington, DC
Brian Schmitt, 2017
Executive Assistant and Program Coordinator
Washington, DC
John Michael Rogers, 2017
Office of Admissions Recruiter and MBA Candidate
Mobile, AL