My name is Santiago Alvarez.
I'm from Mexico and I'm studying Industrial Design.
Harrisonburg is a little bit quiet in some
way because it is a small city.
It is not that big.
It's not like going to New York but still
there's a lot of diversity.
There's a lot of people from everywhere.
I can find people from Mexico in some places, Panama, people from China, people from India...
There's people from everywhere here.
For a moment I thought that maybe it would be weird being here because I'm Mexican.
But not really.
I have a lot of American friends that are
awesome.
I have met a lot of people and I haven't had a single problem since I arrived.
The professors care for you.
If you have any problem, they will try everything to solve your problem.
The facilities are amazing.
For me that I am in Industrial Design, they
have a lot of things.
A lot of tools that you can use to actually
get the skills to be an amazing industrial designer.
My JMU degree will mean a lot because it's a degree that I'm getting studying in another
language, so that's something that I really
want to achieve.
