Alston D Souza

I’m Alston D Souzsa an Indian National, born in Mumbai, Maharashtra, raised in Dubai , United Arab Emirates , now pursuing Mechanical Engineering major at IUPUI Indiana from August 2019 as Freshman , after completing the high school education in Dubai.
I’m well versed with languages like English, Konkani (mother tongue), Hindi, Arabic (written), Marathi. Some of my hobbies include playing Lawn Tennis, operating musical instrument Keyboard (complete grade7 in both practical, theory), Travelling, watching video games, visiting Catholic Churches, going for Long Walks , Gym weight training, table tennis, trainee Soccer player.
I’m the recipient of awards / certificates of Tennis advanced level Champion, Science Quiz winner Gr12, League of Leaders lead Gr12, Math Quiz winner Gr12 , Outstanding MERIT student award Gr10 , , Trinity College of London – Gr7 certificate Outstanding Scholarship IUPUI 2019 , Catholic Church Altar Server at the community service each week for 9 years.
Just to give you some background of my close knit family. Ever grateful to my parents for giving me the quality education, exposure to sports, music, singing, religious and academic education, Inculcating in me the Catholic Christian faith, serving , caring and giving back to community lifestyle, by enrolling me in the parish altar servers group for 9 long years , church lector, Catechism Sunday school education program for 12 long years of my life in Dubai , which has formed me into a lively outgoing person with positive thoughts and dreams of a better future.

My Freshman Journey at IUPUI was really a good learning experience as I got to understand the American Culture and get involved around camous as I am a regular member of the Students Activites and Programming Board (SAPB), Math club and The Engineering and technology Student Council.