Tomás E. Rojas Carvajal earned his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering in 2013 from Central University of Venezuela, where he remained as a full-time engineering instructor for three years. At Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, he earned his master’s (2020) and PhD (2023) in aeronautical engineering before accepting his current postdoctoral position at Rutgers University. During his doctoral, he worked on an Office of Naval Research-funded project, controlling and delaying leading-edge vortex breakdown on a tailless slender delta wing-type aircraft. At Rutgers, he is spearheading the construction of a hypersonic expansion tube facility while coordinating the design across a team of graduate students. His hope as a future faculty member is to pursue further research in flow physics, flow control, fluid-structure interactions, and compressible aerodynamics and to move technologies in these fields closer to real-world use. He also aims to improve the lives of underdeveloped communities by discovering new and innovative ways to solve global energy needs through aerodynamics and thermal systems. Mentorship is a vital part of his education plan, which includes direct outreach to local schools and engagement-based teaching. Rojas Carvajal will volunteer his time to teach fully online courses as an adjunct faculty member in Latin American countries, and he hopes to show Venezuelan aerospace-oriented students that, despite the higher education challenges in their home country, they, too, can follow a path similar to his.