User:Ls183

About Me

My name is Leasly Salazar. I'm currently a freshman at Duke University in the Trinity College of Arts & Sciences. I am thinking of transferring to the Pratt School of Engineering and major in Electrical and Computer Engineering with a concentration in Computer Engineering. I also plan on minoring in Spanish. I'm sure that's not too much at all *insert sarcasm here*. I'm from Los Angeles, CA and I've lived there all my life. I like to go visit my family in Mexico, a little town called Huejucar, Jalisco. If you want to know more about me, just ask!

Name Origin

Leasly

For many years, to this day, everyone has mispronounced my name. It's actually pronounced LES-lee, like you would pronounce Leslie. But, it's okay to mispronounce it a few times, just until you get to remember how to say it.

Salazar

It seems "Salazar" is not a very common surname in Mexico, but there's a long story behind how long it's stayed in my family. I've found that "Salazar" means:

One who came from Salazar, meaning corral or manor house - probably from sala, "hall" + Basque za(h)ar, meaning "old." Also, a dweller in or near the house or palace, or a dweller near the place sacred to St. Lazar. Salazar is an ancient surname found in Vizcaya, Castile, Navarre, Santander and Burgos, Spain.

Freshman Year

This semester, I'm taking more classes to make the transfer into Pratt. They include:

• EGR 53: Computational Methods in Engineering
• Physics 61L: Introductory Mechanics
• Math 32L: Calculus II
• Writing 20: Writing Unauthorized Migration

I'm also taking an extra course, Fitness, just for fun.

Grand Challenges

I found the Project to Provide Clean Water really interesting. Water, specifically clean water, everywhere is becoming harder to access, and we need to find a way to provide access to cleaner water. We may not need clean water, but there are other countries where they don't have such easy access. Provide access to clean water, National Academy of Engineering updated 2011, accessed 30 January 2012