At the end of the school year, AISS' annual Bridging the Gap event kicked off my senior year. This was my first time attending and I couldn't have asked for a better opportunity to interact with my peers, network, fundraise for the program, and of course, celebrate the achievements made possible through AISS. I met many amazing people at BTG 10 and guest speakers whom we had never met in person before because our classes had been online. Carlos Bonilla, for example, has presented to us via zoom many times about various topics from product development to networking. It was not until this event that we got to talk to and thank him in person. Overall it was a nerve-wracking experience at first, but beautiful in the end.

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I’ve learned that initiative differentiates those who seek out opportunity and those who wait for the opportunity to arrive. As is said— “Fortune Favors the Bold”. Within my first year at the University of California, Irvine, I have cultivated a community through the fast-growing club I co-founded, acquired 2 research positions where I do meaningful and important research in Linguistics, built ever-lasting friendships, and broke a new personal record in being able to cook minute rice in 58 seconds.

Despite a sudden return to an in-person environment after a whole year of online learning, I made the effort to put myself out in the community and make myself known on the campus.

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Luis Mier is a bilingual Entrepreneur/Connector with a history of working in the human resources industry. He is an AISS Ambassador as well as an Ambassador to the Orange Country Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and the Santa Ana Kiwanis. He met AISS’ founder Paul Riordan years ago at the Santa Ana Kiwanis and has been a great supporter of AISS ever since. We recently had the opportunity to ask him a few questions and we hope his insight and passion will inspire you as well.

AISS asked: Where do you work? What is your current title at work?

Luis Mier: “I am an entrepreneur”

AISS asked: “What motivated you to get involved with AISS?”

Luis Mier: “I saw the great work that Debbie and paul were doing in the community”

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From all of us at AISS, we're wishing everyone a safe
and HAPPY FOURTH of JULY.