Osvaldo Tapia

Hostos Community college

500 Grand Concourse

Bronx, New York

February 12, 2023

Prof. Pamela Stemberg

Hostos Community College

Dear Professor Stemberg,

My name is Osvaldo Tapia and I am a electrical engineer major at Hostos Community College in the Bronx. My main focus in the future after graduating is starting my own electrical business alongside my friend who is also in this career. We plan on doing this by the start of next year. My family is originally from Mexico and I was born in the Bronx. My family comes from agriculture and trading, They don’t have any engineering jobs. It was never easy to grow up here as there was so much violence and drugs going around. Fortunately it did not affect me but it did to people around me. I guess my biggest success is to be alive and to have not fallen to drug addiction or violence. Some engineering challenges I have had are not being too familiar with any of the methods or work. I have never been around these new methods and it takes an extra step in order to learn and get familiarized with it. But once I get used to it I learn quick and get the job done. What I hope to get from this class is to learn about the way engineers write in more of a technical way. I am used to regular English classes so this will be a challenge. Very eager to learn more about Technical Writing.

Sincerely,

Osvaldo Tapia