ESP Biography



DAVID J FLOREZ R, Engineer, passionate about community and nature



Major: Electrical Engineering

College/Employer: Stanford

Year of Graduation: G

Picture of David J Florez R

Brief Biographical Sketch:

I was born in Colombia. My family and I immigrated in 2009. I always cherished tight-knit communities and nature. These helped me as I grew older. I received a full ride to attend Stanford. I am now finishing an MS in Electrical Engineering and am applying to PhD programs. After I leave school, likely in the late 2020s, I want to leverage technology to help marginalized communities. I've been teaching and mentoring for a decade.

Outside of school, I'm a big fan of latin-dancing, tree-climbing and karaoke.

Picture has my nephew (right) and I (left).



Past Classes

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X7878: Starting from the bottom, getting here in Splash Spring 2023 (May. 20 - 21, 2023)
A collection of my own and my friends' experience in getting to and through higher education from... humble neighborhoods. General stories, life advice, survey of resources.


M7768: Applied Mathematics & Academic Survival in Splash Fall 2022 (Dec. 03 - 04, 2022)
We'll venture around methods in modern statistics and linear algebra. There will be a collaborative component among students. The primary goal of the class won't be to learn the specific math in question.