She double majored in Spanish and environmental studies (an interdisciplinary second major) and minored in geosciences at Trinity, spending time procrastinating in Coates Library, munching on alpaca and piranha when studying abroad, and getting a behind-the-scenes look at Playfair and Bid Day.

“I love geology because it’s the story of how the earth was created—how it evolved. And at Trinity, we learned in the real world. We’d take trips to field sites in Colorado, the Guadalupe Mountains, and West Texas. All of the time you learn social skills, and you learn how to work as a team.”

“In every Trinity class we were expected to present and defend our ideas, whether it was through written papers or class presentations,” says Schwed. “That translates nicely into my collaborative work environment today where I constantly have to express my technical work and defend it.”