Alumni Profile: Leveling Up: How a MIM Alum Built an IT Career on Curiosity and Grit
Gerald Collins
Alumni Profile: Leveling Up: How a MIM Alum Built an IT Career on Curiosity and Grit
InfoSci and MIM alum Nikole Grandez turned persistence into a profession
Nikole Grandez, InfoSci ’23, MIM ’25
When Nikole Grandez was five years old, she arrived in the United States from Lima, Peru, not speaking English. The transition was lonely. She spent a lot of time indoors, often playing video games—hours navigating digital worlds where progress depended on patience and persistence. One game still stands.