October 15, 2017
The OCC Effect
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![Dr. Deidre Hunter (center) with OCC CSTEP students and Program Director, Drake Harrison (back right)](/sites/default/files/styles/full_width_1228_/public/images/migrated/2016/03/dr-hunter-cover.jpg?itok=YR9Xtzg-)
Dr. Deidre Hunter (center) with OCC CSTEP students and Program Director, Drake Harrison (back right)
- Major at OCC: Engineering Science
- High School: Jersey Village in Houston, class of 1998
Dr. Deirdre Hunter fell in love with science and engineering as a young woman while working on cars with her father in his auto repair business. She earned degrees from OCC, Syracuse University and Virginia Tech. Today she is a Lecturer of Engineering Design at Rice University in Houston. “If I would have attended a four-year university right out of high school I do not think I would have excelled academically to the extent that I have. For me OCC was not an only choice, it was my choice.”