Lesley Cordero

Region: Capital
Program Institution: Fulton Montgomery Community College

Significant Professional or Academic Accomplishments: Fulton Montgomery Community College (FMCC) STEP would like to highlight a current senior who has exemplified what it means to be a STEP student. Lesley Cordero has been involved in STEP since 7th grade and has taken every opportunity to take full advantage of all that STEP has to offer. She has been faithful in her attendance to after school classes, Saturday Academy, field trips and conferences. She has presented research, is a key member of our Varsity Science Bowl team and truly leads the STEP program underclassmen by her example and focus on academics. Her goal is to one day achieve her Ph.D. in Computer Engineering and make her mark in the STEM field. It is with no doubt she will. To that end, Lesley was accepted into and has attended some of the nation’s best science programs in pursuit of acceptance into the top college of her choice. This summer and fall alone she attended MIT’s E2@MIT program, an engineering program focused on computer science, CURIE Academy, a weeklong engineering program at Cornell University, the EE Just Symposium at Dartmouth focusing on scientific research and Explore Bowdoin which offers high-achieving students from diverse backgrounds the opportunity to visit all expenses paid. Outside of STEP she is also the President of both the Science and the Robotics Club, Marching band treasurer, a member of Masterminds, the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers and Medical Explorers. Well done, Lesley! A big thanks for being a part of FMCC STEP!