1. College Address:
Lee RM 0707, 570 Washington
St. SW, Blacksburg VA 24060
Fernando A. Avelar
fern1996@vt.edu
(540) 750-9341
Permanent Address:
Urbanización Cumbres de
Cuscatlán, Calle Pipil, #36,
Poligono “L”, Antiguo
Cuscatlán, El Salvador
EDUCATION B.S. General Engineering, Expected graduation: May 2018
Intended major: Mechanical Engineering
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, VA,
24060
Lycée Français Antoine et Consuelo de Saint-Exupery, Santa Tecla, El Salvador
GPA: 9.8 out of 10 Class Rank: 4th out of 43 Graduation: July 2014
EXPERIENCE Quadrilingual:
 Spanish
 French
 English
 Portuguese
Instructor, Club Sherpas Summer Camp, Nuevo Cuscatlán, El Salvador
(Summer 2013)
 Worked 18 hours per week
 Educated middle school scholars the principle of Catholicism
 Led a team of middle school scholars in different sports
Tutor, Lycée Français Antoine et Consuelo de Saint-Exupery, Santa Tecla,
El Salvador (January 2014 – June 2014)
 Tutored a High School Senior in Chemistry and Physics
 Tutored a Middle School Scholar for classes
VOLUNTEER
WORK
Painted schools for modest communities in the south of El Salvador (2011-2012)
Provided entertainment to children from modest communities (2013)
Distributed food and Christmas gifts to modest communities (2013)
Organized, led and created educating posters for a personal project in which a
catholic churched was giving school supplies and the material created (2014)
ACTIVITIES Galileo Engineering Community Member at Virginia Tech (2014 – Current)
Member of the Catholic Minister at Virginia Tech (2014-Current)
School Representative before the school board of directors and parents
(2013-2014)
Class Representative (2013-2014)
CERTIFICATES
/AWARDS
French Baccalaureate Diploma, Mention Très Bien (2014)
7th place in a Central America and Caribbean’s math’s competition (2013)
Effective communication and human relations/ Skills to success, Dale Carnegie
Certificates (2010)