My name is Alexandria Pinnix (I often go by Alex), and I am a twenty-year-old junior,
majoring in Chemistry. I attended Paxon School for Advanced Studies in Jacksonville,
Florida, which is my hometown. There, I was enrolled in the International Baccalaureate
(IB) and participated in the Advanced Placement (AP) program as well. I earned and
received awards including AP Scholar with Distinction, Gamma Beta Boule Scholar, National
Merit Semifinalist, National Achievement Finalist, and the Girl Scout Gold Award.
As a result of the rigor of my program, I came into Winthrop with 47 credit hours.
I entered the Chemistry program with graduate school hope and Ph.D. ambitions. I aspire
to do research of some kind in the future and run my own laboratory someday. I've
wanted to be in research since I was about six years old. I also (arguably) want to
follow in my mother's footsteps (she has a doctoral degree in Biochemistry).
