Danica Chin \u201913, has been named a 2015 STEP Award Emerging Leader by The Manufacturing Institute and featured in the most recent issue of\u00a0 Diversity Woman Magazine<\/p>\n
Soon after graduating with a Chemical Engineering degree, Chin started working at Bayer MaterialScience in Sheffield, MA. A native of Stratford, CT, Chin entered\u00a0the BRIDGE program when she came to UConn, which prepares underrepresented students for the engineering curriculum\u00a0with an\u00a0intensive five weeks\u00a0of studying mathematics, chemistry, physics and computer programming.<\/p>\n
\u201cI loved BRIDGE,\u201d she said. \u201cIt was important because it did so much for me. It introduced me to topics I had never known before.” Not having had classes in computer science and physics in high school, she said, the extra programs gave her an advantage.<\/p>\n
\u201cI knew what I was getting involved in when the Fall semester arrived.\u201d<\/p>\n
She now works as a process engineer at\u00a0Bayer MaterialScience.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“I love it at Bayer,” she said.\u00a0“They\u2019re all real supportive of what I want to do. My boss is very open to things that I want to work on.\u00a0I\u00a0 make sure our\u00a0production\u00a0lines\u00a0are working properly and that the equipment is running properly. It\u2019s like a small company within a company, and I\u2019m the owner.”<\/p>\n
She said the STEP Award and being featured in the magazine are all the more rewarding because of the obstacles that she faced along the way, particularly an anxiety disorder that made taking tests a struggle. But she persisted, got through school and is now in a leadership position at a major company.<\/p>\n
“I just think it’s important to let peple know that they can do it, even with obstacles in the way,” she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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