Tatiana Flowers is in her sophomore year at Penn State University, in Reading. With a double major in Animal Science and English, Tatiana aspires to continue her education in either in Veterinary School, or in graduate school, majoring in English. She admires and hopes to emulate her mother, a strong, single parent who emigrated to the U.S. and is currently both working and attending graduate school. “My mother is the one person who constantly pushes me to strive for success,” Tatiana says. During the summer, she works as a full-time lifeguard to assist her mother with the cost of her Penn State tuition.

Tatiana has volunteered for the past four years at the Yonkers Animal Hospital, and she also tutors five hours per week in Penn State’s Writing Center. She feels fulfilled when she gives back to her community, and has also donated over 200 hours of community service to THON, a campus organization raising funds for pediatric cancer. Tatiana craves to ski, and plans to apply to Veterinary School at Colorado State University to satisfy this craving.