MY EXPERIENCE IN the IASP 2021

My name is Roberto Alejandro Gomez Angeles, I am 22 years old, and I study engineering in Aeronautics at the Universidad Politecnica Metropolitana de Hidalgo (UPMH). Since I was little I always had a big question: How did the planes fly? I always thought it was magic, so I decided to study this career. It made me able to perform efficiently in research, design, construction, installation, maintenance, system management, and aircraft components, as well as in the administration of the support infrastructure for the operation of companies in the aeronautical sector.

I came from Ecatepec, Mexico State, a city where crime is the order of the day and opportunities are few or none to stand out.

 I decided to overcome these limits and fight for my dreams, leaving the fantasy and putting myself to work. My goal of getting to the IASP began three years before I got into college, when I hear about guys who were studying things related to space and aircraft that had participated in that program, that’s when I take the initiative to start my journey toward that new goal, overcoming, little by little, each obstacle to reach it.

The path I had to travel was not easy since the call for the IASP 2021, there were challenges to overcome, and I always had the hope of fulfilling the goal that I had been putting on for a long time. I even knew that none of the participants had it easy and that at the time when we arrived at the program we all knew that everything we did was worth to fulfill our dream.
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My experience at the IASP was incredible, it was much better than I expected, thanks to its great activities I enjoyed the program to the fullest and met great people, who were my team, my awesome friends, and eventually became my family.

Finally, I would like to tell you, readers: to remember to dream big, dream-like children and fulfill those dreams, eat the whole world, and never set limits because, as for me, the sky was not the limit. 
The adventure of your dreams has only just begun, you will succeed, trust yourself.