Alumni Stories Morgan Vigil '11
As a ˶ student, Morgan Vigil ’11 organized an after-school computer science program to help local high school students. “My ˶ professors see computer science as a way to serve others,” she says. She interned for Green Hills Software and then worked for them as a test engineer before starting a doctoral program in computer science at UC Santa Barbara. Her research uses social network analysis to design innovative wireless systems that enable the next three billion people to get online. “˶ inspired me by providing so many models of servant leadership,” she says. “I learned something absolutely new every single class period and built resilience to facing the unknown—as a researcher, I seek out the unknown. I feel so confident in my calling. Even when my work seems impossible, I am sustained by faith that God is using my unique skills and background to be a good steward of his kingdom.”