Susan is a first generation, Peruvian-American senior Earth and Atmospheric Sciences undergraduate student graduating later this month. She transferred into Georgia Tech with her Associates in Geology from Georgia Highlands College in 2019. Throughout her studies at GT, Susan has concentrated her studies in planetary sciences. During her time at Georgia Tech, she has been an involved part of the student body. Susan has worked as a teaching assistant for EAS 1601 (How to Build a Habitable Planet), for two semesters, and was on the treasury board of the Latin American Student Organization, for the 2020-2021 school year. This past summer, she performed a semester of research with Dr. Shi Joyce Sim on computing efficiency, for mid-ocean ridge spreading zone melt production models, and will be presenting this research at the AGU fall meeting in New Orleans, in December. In her free time Susan enjoys staying active, spending time with friends, drawing and clay sculpting.