In this episode, Louisiana Tech alumna Lana Cannatella discusses her career as a biomedical flight controller at NASA. She emphasizes the importance of building professional connections and applying academic projects to real-world space exploration challenges. Cannatella details her transition from biomedical engineering to operations and project management, which eventually led to her role supporting the […]
160: Almira Bradford Winans: Make Your Dream Work
Almira Bradford Winans, a 2016 Louisiana Tech graduate, discusses her journey from being adopted from Kazakhstan to becoming a successful artist and educator. Originally an engineering student, she transitioned to graphic design to find more creative fulfillment. Winans highlights how her foundational experiences at Tech, including the VISTA program, shaped her professional path. She emphasizes […]
159. Khalilah Kersey: This Community
Khalilah Kersey is a people person. As the international student and immigration adviser in Louisiana Tech’s Office of International Affairs, she has made a career out of connecting with the University’s international student population and helping them navigate their college experience. She discusses growing up in small-town Louisiana, developing the interests that led her to […]
158. Adam Cook: Let Adam Cook
In his work as a graphic designer at Louisiana Tech, Adam Cook has influenced the visual identity of the University’s brand and the aesthetic of the campus. He cut his teeth as a student worker, steadily receiving projects with more and more heft, and he now is a full time member of University Communications responsible […]
157. Kyle O’Neal: Made for This
Kyle O’Neal, Director of the Humana Student Services Center at Louisiana Tech University, discusses the center’s role in supporting College of Business students, offering tailored career and professional development and working in partnership with the Career Center. O’Neal emphasizes the importance of building professional networks and shares how much of his career was spent honing […]
156. Matthew Thornton: A Sense of Hope
Dr. Matthew Thornton, director of the School of Human Ecology and interim department head of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences at Louisiana Tech, discusses his new role and the school’s unique programs in human development and family science and fashion merchandising and retail studies. He highlights the new applied behavioral analysis undergraduate certificate, designed to address […]