Cassandra Cole is a typical third-year mechanical engineering student at the University of Waterloo. She works on structural components as a member of the schools Formula SAE team and has spent time working around North America as part of the co-op program thats integral to her education. But Cass -- as her friends call her -- is so much more than that: shes the Formula SAE Team Lead, a model and a designer, and has already begun working with NASCAR part-time -- work that she hopes to use as a springboard towards her dream job as a Race Engineer. Oh, and Cassandra Cole is different from 90% of her classmates in one crucial way: Cassandra is, of course, a woman. This has never been something shes viewed as a problem, however. Growing up, she enjoyed her time as a dancer and has the competition medals to show for her dedication. She more than kept pace with the boys in the classroom, often ranking at or near the top of her class in high school. Taken together, these experiences should help explain why her program was a natural choice, even when many of her friends and teachers wondered why shed ever want to go to school with the boys.
Posted on: Wed, 21 Jan 2015 20:10:01 +0000
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