Graduate Featured in Award-Winning Series
Access Graduate Featured in Award-Winning “What Would You Fight For?” Series
ST. LOUIS, MO. October 23, 2013 – Former Access Academy graduate, Luis Llanos has been featured in the University of Notre Dame’s award-winning “What Would You Fight For?” series.
Now in its seventh season, the series showcases the work, scholarly achievements, and global impact of Notre Dame faculty, students, and alumni. These two-minute segments, each originally aired during a home football game broadcast on NBC, highlight the University’s proud moniker, the Fighting Irish, and tell the stories of the members of the Notre Dame family who fight to bring solutions to a world in need.
Luis Llanos segment, titled “Fighting to Build Bridges,” highlights his time as a member of Notre Dame Students Empowering through Engineering Development (NDSEED), a service projects course that partners with Bridges to Prosperity (B2P), a nonprofit organization that builds bridges in impoverished areas. It aired on October 19th as the UND defeated USC 14-10.  (Click here to view the video)
Luis Llanos is a 2006 NativityMiguel graduate of the Access program at St. Cecilia School & Academy, and a 2010 graduate from St. Louis University High School. He is currently enrolled in the Mechanical Engineering program at the University of Notre Dame, where he is expected to graduate in the spring of 2014. After graduation, Llanos hopes to work in the renewable energy industry.
For more information regarding this release, please contact Julie Linder, Public Relations for Access Academies, by calling (573) 268-0639.
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