Getting to Know Jacinta

Why did you choose to attend Mount Holyoke? - Offers a pretty awesome Dual Degree engineering program where I get a BA from MHC and a BS in engineering at UMass.

What do you like best about Mount Holyoke? - Sports (honestly) - the sports facility is amazing!

Favorite Pro Sports Team - Barcelona

Favorite Athlete(s) - Ronaldinho, Leo Messi, Nani

Childhood Idol - John Cena

Biggest Fear - Losing my mum 

Most Famous Person Ever Met - Dr. Peter Weibe 

Place You'd Like to Visit - Anywhere in Europe 

First Memory of Your Sport - Playing street soccer with a bunch of guys when I was about 5 or 6 years old and doing track events (lemon and basket race) in kindergarten 

Most Memorable Moment in College Athletics - Getting my first PR in shot put at Smith indoor track and field in 2010 

Pre-Game Rituals - Sitting quietly and visualizing the game 

Best Advice From a Coach - You'll be fine 

If You Had $1 Billion Dollars You Would - Pay my school loans and sponsor all of my siblings to prestigious school, invest a million or two and handover the rest to my mum and dad 

Career Aspirations - Researcher in coastal and marine environmental organic chemistry