“It’s almost impossible for you to come to GW and not get involved in some really unique and cool things that just don’t happen other places.”

-Andrew Garza

SPI student Andrew Garza was featured in GW Today. He discussed his military service, the scholarships that enabled his education at GWU, and the opportunities afforded to him by the Space Policy Institute.

Drew is a U.S. Army veteran with 10 years of service in Iraq and Afghanistan, where he earned a Bronze Star Medal and Combat Action Badge. His dedication has been recognized in the academic sphere as well, where he was awarded a prestigious Pat Tillman Foundation scholarship and a Dr. Harris and Naomi Goodman Yellow Ribbon Scholarship.

Drew is a program manager at the Science Mission Directorate of NASA, and an alumnus of SPI’s joint MA/MBA program. He is currently pursuing a PhD at GW, researching trustworthy artificial intelligence in space sustainability systems.