2025 Honorees

Linh Nguyen

Business Analytics and Information Systems, Computational and Applied Mathematics

When Linh Nguyen arrived at USF, she was eager to learn, but unsure of how to apply her curiosity. 
  
She was always drawn to numbers and fascinated by how patterns emerge from data. But she did not want to just study theory. She wanted to understand how data could be used to solve problems and make an impact. 
  
At USF, she is pursuing dual degrees. One is in business analytics and information systems at the Muma College of Business. This is where she found her why. 
  
She is a research assistant in the iAREU Student Program. Nguyen studies how clustering techniques could improve predictive modeling. She spent hours analyzing datasets, writing code, and testing hypotheses. 
  
Her most valuable lesson was about patience and persistence. Research does not always lead to immediate answers, but she learned to keep searching for insights that could make a difference. 
  
Understanding data was one thing. But helping others understand it was another. She served as a Statistics teaching assistant and realized it’s not about what you know, but how well you can explain it. 
  
Again, she rose to the challenge. She learned to break down complex ideas into something tangible, into something that clicked. 
  
Outside of class, she’s built a community within her field. She joined USF Girls Who Code. She also helped relaunch the Information Systems and Decision Sciences Programming Club. 
  
Nguyen graduates in 2027 and intends to keep pushing beyond her comfort zone to look for ways to make an impact.