Graduating Seniors Share Their Stories: Physics Major Finds Inner Strength to Aim for the Stars

Announced on: Friday, May 17, 2024

Since transferring to Chico State in 2022, first-generation student Giovanni Paz-Silva has dedicated himself to excellence in and out the classroom, emerging as a leader in the physics program and president of the Society of Physics Students.

Now a senior preparing to graduate with a degree in physics and a minor in mathematics, he is aiming to do a graduate degree in stellar astrophysics or cosmology after spending some time in the workforce to start supporting his parents. But no matter where he lands, he knows a whole world of stars remains above him, waiting to be explored.