Wednesday, June 16, 2021
Civil engineering student Jonathan Miguel Logarta-Chin has been chosen by his peers as valedictorian for the Waterloo Engineering graduating class at convocation ceremonies this Saturday.
Logarta-Chin says the selection validates his struggles and hardships, and that he is proud of a personal achievement – coming out as gay – as well as his academic success.
“It was when I fully got to appreciate who I was as a person and felt comfortable in my own skin,” he says of his decision.
Read Celebrating Waterloo’s Class of 2021 valedictorians for the full story on Logarta-Chin and the valedictorians for the other five faculties at the University of Waterloo.