{"651909":{"#nid":"651909","#data":{"type":"news","title":"ISyE Student Giorgio Trettenero Takes Pride in Diverse Hispanic Background","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Complex\u0026rdquo; is one way of describing \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/giorgio-alessandro-trettenero-055327191\/\u0022\u003EGiorgio Trettenero\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026#39;s Hispanic background. Trettenero was born in Peru; he then spent ages five to eight in Chile because of his father\u0026#39;s job, and subsequently\u0026nbsp;lived in Colombia until coming to Georgia Tech for college. He\u0026#39;s currently a third-year student in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I do feel very connected to Peru, but I spent a lot of time in Colombia,\u0026rdquo; Trettenero\u0026nbsp; said. \u0026ldquo;Those are my deepest roots, but Peru is where my family is. I wouldn\u0026rsquo;t say I have a favorite country, but instead, something to love from both places.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor Trettenero, the hardest part of moving frequently was having to leave family, friends, the culture, and the geography of each country behind. \u0026ldquo;But you can always take something with you,\u0026rdquo; he noted.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETrettenero has never stopped eating Peruvian food and listening to Peruvian and Colombian music, and he has kept letters and a Chilean flag from his friends in Chile. He also keeps a time capsule in Colombia filled with pictures with friends, memories from events, and souvenirs from the different countries he\u0026rsquo;s lived in. Even in Georgia, he has found a taste of home at an international farmers market that carries Peruvian, Colombian, and Chilean foods and candies.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETrettenero has also identified benefits from living in various countries, as it has made him more open to meeting different people and stopped him from making assumptions.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I think even when coming to Tech and meeting a lot of other people from different Hispanic places, the main thing you notice is the presence of stereotypes,\u0026rdquo; he explained. \u0026ldquo;Some people have never left Peru, Chile, or Colombia before. People from Peru will say stereotypical stuff about people from Chile, like commenting on how they speak. When I hear that, I\u0026rsquo;ll say, \u0026lsquo;I\u0026rsquo;ve lived there. I know them. I don\u0026rsquo;t think you should say that.\u0026rsquo;\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAt Georgia Tech, Trettenero has found a tight community in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gt-shpe.com\/\u0022\u003ESociety of Hispanic Professional Engineers\u003C\/a\u003E (SHPE), through which he has met friends who make him feel like he\u0026rsquo;s back at home. He has also gained many professional experiences provided by the organization.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;In STEM, even though it\u0026rsquo;s growing as a field in Latin America, job prospects don\u0026rsquo;t look that good,\u0026rdquo; Trettenero said. \u0026ldquo;Whenever we do talk about opportunities for Hispanics in STEM, we talk about moving to the U.S. or Europe.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENow that he is at the Institute, Trettenero has been taking advantage of every opportunity possible to enhance his trajectory toward a career in STEM. His current career goals are to start out in software engineering and then later move into a management\u0026nbsp; role.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The Hispanic presence in STEM has been growing very rapidly,\u0026rdquo; he said. \u0026ldquo;Something I appreciate a lot is diversity. I think the best thing about having Hispanic people in STEM jobs is being able to provide new perspectives to you and the company as a whole.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EISyE third-year Giorgio Trettenero shares his unique experience and perspective that come from having a complex Hispanic background.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"ISyE third-year Giorgio Trettenero shares his unique experience and perspective having a complex Hispanic background."}],"uid":"35866","created_gmt":"2021-10-21 14:55:10","changed_gmt":"2021-10-21 15:22:58","author":"afu34","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2021-10-21T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2021-10-21T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"651906":{"id":"651906","type":"image","title":"Giorgio Trettenero","body":null,"created":"1634827476","gmt_created":"2021-10-21 14:44:36","changed":"1634827476","gmt_changed":"2021-10-21 14:44:36","alt":"Giorgio Trettenero","file":{"fid":"247336","name":"Giorgio Article.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Giorgio%20Article.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Giorgio%20Article.png","mime":"image\/png","size":1896964,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Giorgio%20Article.png?itok=J2Kw0wbq"}}},"media_ids":["651906"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39541","name":"Systems"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:afu34@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EAngeline Fu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECommunications Assistant\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EH. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}