Student Spotlight: CBC Graduating Student George Fabian

Chemistry BS, Class of 2023

My time at the UA was definitely an experience. Coming in freshman year there were so many new things I had not experienced before like living with roommates and being really independent.

It was fun and exciting, but then the pandemic hit and things took a hard turn. It was tough having to go from a very social environment to an isolated one. My social anxiety increased and my desire to get out there went down alot. This made my sophomore and junior year a little bit more lonely, but luckily I found a nice friend group within the chemistry department and they have slowly allowed me to get out of that previous mentality. It has not completely gone away, but my senior year I did manage to get more out there and take on more roles besides just being a student.

I joined an outreach program at the Flandrau Science Center and Planetarium, educating elementary kids about earth science. I joined a research lab that does biogeochemistry and coupled ocean atmosphere modeling on the Southern Ocean.

While yes, I wish some circumstances would have been different, I tend to agree with a saying in Spanish that goes "Será que los quisiera como los hubiera no existen." The saying basically says that the should haves and would haves do not exist, so therefore there is no point dwelling too much on them. It is best to remember the good memories and to look forward to future ones.