My goal is to excel and acquire the knowledge and skill to be creative and give back to the community and society. I enjoy working with all aspects of computers. As a child I attended a program called “Engineering for Kids” which inspired me to pursue a career in Computer Science. I was introduced to coding, software development, hardware, robotics, cyber security and great hands on exposure to the different aspects of computer programs. My proudest and most important accomplishment is that I’ve remained committed to my education and have been on the principals list throughout my 4 years of high school. I am also committed to giving back to my community by volunteering and feeding the homeless in my community. I participated in a walk-a-thon to raise money for my school, volunteer in a soup kitchen during the holidays and play the trombone with my concert and jazz band. My career objective is to excel in Computer Science with a minor in Mathematics. Computer Science has helped improve living conditions and avert disasters, for example by predicting earthquakes or tsunamis.  The Bureau of Labor Statistics data shows that the Computer Science industry is competitive in terms of pay and that job growth is faster than the national average. I aspire to Analyze problems, design a solution algorithm that is systematic in processing the necessary information to produce the required output and implement the solution as a computer program to solve the problem. Think logically, solve problems by computing them creatively. I aspire to create something that can change the world, make the world, faster, better, more connected, impact lives and make it a better place for everyone.  The circumstances surrounding my financial need are that my family does not have adequate savings for college. The average cost of college is $50.000 a year which is very expensive. 
I have always dreamed of completing college and working for a reputable company.
Although my family are willing to assist me the best way they can. This scholarship would be a great assistance and lessen the burden for me and my family. I am a hard working young man who would like to make myself and my family proud and make my dreams come true.

The year is 2009 on Christmas Day, and under the tree lies a rectanglar box. I slowly open itto reveal a blue Nintendo DS, and Mario Kart game cartridge, the first piece of technology that I could truly call my own. It’s safe to say that as the years go by, technology continues to becomea crucial and important part of each of our lives, my life being no different. I played on my DS forcountless hours on end, and of course all of the games were exciting, but I always wondered, what makes the DS work. This lit a spark in me, and inspired me to learn more about technology. 2009 soon became 2011, and my Nintendo DS was replaced with a Nintendo 3DS. The firsttime, 7 year old me put a cartridge into the slot, I was blown away by how much has changed between the two systems. Everything on the screen had depth, vibrant color, and ran at a crisp 60 frames per second, though at the time, all I knew was that the games were extremely fun and engaging. Though the Nintendo DS and 3DS were very similar, the Nintendo 3DS added anextra slot on the bottom left of the system, which, when pushed open, revealed a blue rectangle called an SD card. At the time, I had no clue as to what it was, and I had zero access to the Internet, so I did the only thing that I could think of, experiment. I took the rectangle out of my 3DS, and turned it on, only to be greeted by an error message saying that an sd card is missing from the system, and that the system’s storage is low. After I heard that, I went to Best Buy, andstood in amazement as I saw a massive wall of SD cards before me, all ranging in different sizes. I spent allowance money that I had saved for months on a new 32 gigabyte SD card, and plugged it into my 3DS. Before I knew it, my 3DS could actually fit more games than it ever could before. This felt like my first real project that I’ve ever done without anyone like my parents or older siblings helping me, and made me interested in trying out other projects on my own. Fast forward to the present, and not only has my love for technology grown even more, but instead of using my knowledge of technology and coding to only help myself, I’m helping my friends and family get rid of computer viruses, and creating programs that can allow games frompast game consoles to be played on a computer. I enjoy what I currently do, but I feel as if I can aim higher, and I feel as if Computer Science would be the best next step for me.

The year is 2009 on Christmas Day, and under the tree lies a rectanglar box. I slowly open itto reveal a blue Nintendo DS, and Mario Kart game cartridge, the first piece of technology that I could truly call my own. It’s safe to say that as the years go by, technology continues to becomea crucial and important part of each of our lives, my life being no different. I played on my DS forcountless hours on end, and of course all of the games were exciting, but I always wondered, what makes the DS work. This lit a spark in me, and inspired me to learn more about technology. 2009 soon became 2011, and my Nintendo DS was replaced with a Nintendo 3DS. The firsttime, 7 year old me put a cartridge into the slot, I was blown away by how much has changed between the two systems. Everything on the screen had depth, vibrant color, and ran at a crisp 60 frames per second, though at the time, all I knew was that the games were extremely fun and engaging. Though the Nintendo DS and 3DS were very similar, the Nintendo 3DS added anextra slot on the bottom left of the system, which, when pushed open, revealed a blue rectangle called an SD card. At the time, I had no clue as to what it was, and I had zero access to the Internet, so I did the only thing that I could think of, experiment. I took the rectangle out of my 3DS, and turned it on, only to be greeted by an error message saying that an sd card is missing from the system, and that the system’s storage is low. After I heard that, I went to Best Buy, andstood in amazement as I saw a massive wall of SD cards before me, all ranging in different sizes. I spent allowance money that I had saved for months on a new 32 gigabyte SD card, and plugged it into my 3DS. Before I knew it, my 3DS could actually fit more games than it ever could before. This felt like my first real project that I’ve ever done without anyone like my parents or older siblings helping me, and made me interested in trying out other projects on my own. Fast forward to the present, and not only has my love for technology grown even more, but instead of using my knowledge of technology and coding to only help myself, I’m helping my friends and family get rid of computer viruses, and creating programs that can allow games frompast game consoles to be played on a computer. I enjoy what I currently do, but I feel as if I can aim higher, and I feel as if Computer Science would be the best next step for me.

The year 2019 was a massive culture shock that required the adoption of customs that were deemed pretty trivial at first, but became necessary as the months passed. The coronavirus pandemic hit the world by storm, immediately changing the way that we went about our day, from having to constantly keep hand sanitizer with us, to having to stay inside of our houses as much as possible. For me, it all started one week during the school year. We got notified about a viral outbreak going around called the coronavirus, and began theorizing about whether or notour own school would be closed. Our school normally did their own thing, so I never really expected anything to change. At the end of a casual Monday, we got a notification that we would be getting a week off of school because of COVID-19. A week became a month, and a month eventually became over 5 months. Sooner than I could ever believe, my living room had become my classroom, and a voice coming from my IPad became my teacher. The transition from in-person school to online school wasn’t a huge adjustment to me considering the fact that most of my work had already been done on the IPad anyways, so it wasn’t hard for me to do well in my classes like usual. The real problems for me began just a few weeks after virtual learning started. Everyone was still incredibly scared of the virus, and there wasn’t a single mention of a vaccine as of yet, meaning that most of my time was spent inside my house, and it started to get to me incredibly quickly. I started to get sad, and worried about if I’d ever see any of my friends again, or even if I’d see certain members of my family again(mainly those who lived in the COVID hotspots such as my grandparents). It was during this time that I truly understood the reliability of the Internet, and social media, both allowing me to be able to stay in contact with my loved ones, and making sure that they were safe. Of courseit was nice to see their text messages and photos, but to me, our conversations weren’t as meaningful in comparison to talking to them in person. Fast forward to now, and I feel as if I’ve gotten quite accustomed to our new COVID rampant world. Waking up to login into google classroom slowly transitioned into me putting on a mask before leaving for school, and joining google meets transitioned into me, once again sitting at a desk before a teacher. The advent of the pandemic was when I was at the lowest point in my life, and I feel extremely proud of myself for overcoming that experience.

The year 2019 was a massive culture shock that required the adoption of customs that were deemed pretty trivial at first, but became necessary as the months passed. The coronavirus pandemic hit the world by storm, immediately changing the way that we went about our day, from having to constantly keep hand sanitizer with us, to having to stay inside of our houses as much as possible. For me, it all started one week during the school year. We got notified about a viral outbreak going around called the coronavirus, and began theorizing about whether or notour own school would be closed. Our school normally did their own thing, so I never really expected anything to change. At the end of a casual Monday, we got a notification that we would be getting a week off of school because of COVID-19. A week became a month, and a month eventually became over 5 months. Sooner than I could ever believe, my living room had become my classroom, and a voice coming from my IPad became my teacher. The transition from in-person school to online school wasn’t a huge adjustment to me considering the fact that most of my work had already been done on the IPad anyways, so it wasn’t hard for me to do well in my classes like usual. The real problems for me began just a few weeks after virtual learning started. Everyone was still incredibly scared of the virus, and there wasn’t a single mention of a vaccine as of yet, meaning that most of my time was spent inside my house, and it started to get to me incredibly quickly. I started to get sad, and worried about if I’d ever see any of my friends again, or even if I’d see certain members of my family again(mainly those who lived in the COVID hotspots such as my grandparents). It was during this time that I truly understood the reliability of the Internet, and social media, both allowing me to be able to stay in contact with my loved ones, and making sure that they were safe. Of courseit was nice to see their text messages and photos, but to me, our conversations weren’t as meaningful in comparison to talking to them in person. Fast forward to now, and I feel as if I’ve gotten quite accustomed to our new COVID rampant world. Waking up to login into google classroom slowly transitioned into me putting on a mask before leaving for school, and joining google meets transitioned into me, once again sitting at a desk before a teacher. The advent of the pandemic was when I was at the lowest point in my life, and I feel extremely proud of myself for overcoming that experience.

The year 2019 was a massive culture shock that required the adoption of customs that were deemed pretty trivial at first, but became necessary as the months passed. The coronavirus pandemic hit the world by storm, immediately changing the way that we went about our day, from having to constantly keep hand sanitizer with us, to having to stay inside of our houses as much as possible. For me, it all started one week during the school year. We got notified about a viral outbreak going around called the coronavirus, and began theorizing about whether or notour own school would be closed. Our school normally did their own thing, so I never really expected anything to change. At the end of a casual Monday, we got a notification that we would be getting a week off of school because of COVID-19. A week became a month, and a month eventually became over 5 months. Sooner than I could ever believe, my living room had become my classroom, and a voice coming from my IPad became my teacher. The transition from in-person school to online school wasn’t a huge adjustment to me considering the fact that most of my work had already been done on the IPad anyways, so it wasn’t hard for me to do well in my classes like usual. The real problems for me began just a few weeks after virtual learning started. Everyone was still incredibly scared of the virus, and there wasn’t a single mention of a vaccine as of yet, meaning that most of my time was spent inside my house, and it started to get to me incredibly quickly. I started to get sad, and worried about if I’d ever see any of my friends again, or even if I’d see certain members of my family again(mainly those who lived in the COVID hotspots such as my grandparents). It was during this time that I truly understood the reliability of the Internet, and social media, both allowing me to be able to stay in contact with my loved ones, and making sure that they were safe. Of courseit was nice to see their text messages and photos, but to me, our conversations weren’t as meaningful in comparison to talking to them in person. Fast forward to now, and I feel as if I’ve gotten quite accustomed to our new COVID rampant world. Waking up to login into google classroom slowly transitioned into me putting on a mask before leaving for school, and joining google meets transitioned into me, once again sitting at a desk before a teacher. The advent of the pandemic was when I was at the lowest point in my life, and I feel extremely proud of myself for overcoming that experience.

The year is 2009 on Christmas Day, and under the tree lies a rectanglar box. I slowly open itto reveal a blue Nintendo DS, and Mario Kart game cartridge, the first piece of technology that I could truly call my own. It’s safe to say that as the years go by, technology continues to becomea crucial and important part of each of our lives, my life being no different. I played on my DS forcountless hours on end, and of course all of the games were exciting, but I always wondered, what makes the DS work. This lit a spark in me, and inspired me to learn more about technology. 2009 soon became 2011, and my Nintendo DS was replaced with a Nintendo 3DS. The firsttime, 7 year old me put a cartridge into the slot, I was blown away by how much has changed between the two systems. Everything on the screen had depth, vibrant color, and ran at a crisp 60 frames per second, though at the time, all I knew was that the games were extremely fun and engaging. Though the Nintendo DS and 3DS were very similar, the Nintendo 3DS added anextra slot on the bottom left of the system, which, when pushed open, revealed a blue rectangle called an SD card. At the time, I had no clue as to what it was, and I had zero access to the Internet, so I did the only thing that I could think of, experiment. I took the rectangle out of my 3DS, and turned it on, only to be greeted by an error message saying that an sd card is missing from the system, and that the system’s storage is low. After I heard that, I went to Best Buy, andstood in amazement as I saw a massive wall of SD cards before me, all ranging in different sizes. I spent allowance money that I had saved for months on a new 32 gigabyte SD card, and plugged it into my 3DS. Before I knew it, my 3DS could actually fit more games than it ever could before. This felt like my first real project that I’ve ever done without anyone like my parents or older siblings helping me, and made me interested in trying out other projects on my own. Fast forward to the present, and not only has my love for technology grown even more, but instead of using my knowledge of technology and coding to only help myself, I’m helping my friends and family get rid of computer viruses, and creating programs that can allow games frompast game consoles to be played on a computer. I enjoy what I currently do, but I feel as if I can aim higher, and I feel as if Computer Science would be the best next step for me.

The year is 2009 on Christmas Day, and under the tree lies a rectanglar box. I slowly open itto reveal a blue Nintendo DS, and Mario Kart game cartridge, the first piece of technology that I could truly call my own. It’s safe to say that as the years go by, technology continues to becomea crucial and important part of each of our lives, my life being no different. I played on my DS forcountless hours on end, and of course all of the games were exciting, but I always wondered, what makes the DS work. This lit a spark in me, and inspired me to learn more about technology. 2009 soon became 2011, and my Nintendo DS was replaced with a Nintendo 3DS. The firsttime, 7 year old me put a cartridge into the slot, I was blown away by how much has changed between the two systems. Everything on the screen had depth, vibrant color, and ran at a crisp 60 frames per second, though at the time, all I knew was that the games were extremely fun and engaging. Though the Nintendo DS and 3DS were very similar, the Nintendo 3DS added anextra slot on the bottom left of the system, which, when pushed open, revealed a blue rectangle called an SD card. At the time, I had no clue as to what it was, and I had zero access to the Internet, so I did the only thing that I could think of, experiment. I took the rectangle out of my 3DS, and turned it on, only to be greeted by an error message saying that an sd card is missing from the system, and that the system’s storage is low. After I heard that, I went to Best Buy, andstood in amazement as I saw a massive wall of SD cards before me, all ranging in different sizes. I spent allowance money that I had saved for months on a new 32 gigabyte SD card, and plugged it into my 3DS. Before I knew it, my 3DS could actually fit more games than it ever could before. This felt like my first real project that I’ve ever done without anyone like my parents or older siblings helping me, and made me interested in trying out other projects on my own. Fast forward to the present, and not only has my love for technology grown even more, but instead of using my knowledge of technology and coding to only help myself, I’m helping my friends and family get rid of computer viruses, and creating programs that can allow games frompast game consoles to be played on a computer. I enjoy what I currently do, but I feel as if I can aim higher, and I feel as if Computer Science would be the best next step for me.

The year is 2009 on Christmas Day, and under the tree lies a rectanglar box. I slowly open itto reveal a blue Nintendo DS, and Mario Kart game cartridge, the first piece of technology that I could truly call my own. It’s safe to say that as the years go by, technology continues to becomea crucial and important part of each of our lives, my life being no different. I played on my DS forcountless hours on end, and of course all of the games were exciting, but I always wondered, what makes the DS work. This lit a spark in me, and inspired me to learn more about technology. 2009 soon became 2011, and my Nintendo DS was replaced with a Nintendo 3DS. The firsttime, 7 year old me put a cartridge into the slot, I was blown away by how much has changed between the two systems. Everything on the screen had depth, vibrant color, and ran at a crisp 60 frames per second, though at the time, all I knew was that the games were extremely fun and engaging. Though the Nintendo DS and 3DS were very similar, the Nintendo 3DS added anextra slot on the bottom left of the system, which, when pushed open, revealed a blue rectangle called an SD card. At the time, I had no clue as to what it was, and I had zero access to the Internet, so I did the only thing that I could think of, experiment. I took the rectangle out of my 3DS, and turned it on, only to be greeted by an error message saying that an sd card is missing from the system, and that the system’s storage is low. After I heard that, I went to Best Buy, andstood in amazement as I saw a massive wall of SD cards before me, all ranging in different sizes. I spent allowance money that I had saved for months on a new 32 gigabyte SD card, and plugged it into my 3DS. Before I knew it, my 3DS could actually fit more games than it ever could before. This felt like my first real project that I’ve ever done without anyone like my parents or older siblings helping me, and made me interested in trying out other projects on my own. Fast forward to the present, and not only has my love for technology grown even more, but instead of using my knowledge of technology and coding to only help myself, I’m helping my friends and family get rid of computer viruses, and creating programs that can allow games frompast game consoles to be played on a computer. I enjoy what I currently do, but I feel as if I can aim higher, and I feel as if Computer Science would be the best next step for me.

The year 2019 was a massive culture shock that required the adoption of customs that were deemed pretty trivial at first, but became necessary as the months passed. The coronavirus pandemic hit the world by storm, immediately changing the way that we went about our day, from having to constantly keep hand sanitizer with us, to having to stay inside of our houses as much as possible. For me, it all started one week during the school year. We got notified about a viral outbreak going around called the coronavirus, and began theorizing about whether or notour own school would be closed. Our school normally did their own thing, so I never really expected anything to change. At the end of a casual Monday, we got a notification that we would be getting a week off of school because of COVID-19. A week became a month, and a month eventually became over 5 months. Sooner than I could ever believe, my living room had become my classroom, and a voice coming from my IPad became my teacher. The transition from in-person school to online school wasn’t a huge adjustment to me considering the fact that most of my work had already been done on the IPad anyways, so it wasn’t hard for me to do well in my classes like usual. The real problems for me began just a few weeks after virtual learning started. Everyone was still incredibly scared of the virus, and there wasn’t a single mention of a vaccine as of yet, meaning that most of my time was spent inside my house, and it started to get to me incredibly quickly. I started to get sad, and worried about if I’d ever see any of my friends again, or even if I’d see certain members of my family again(mainly those who lived in the COVID hotspots such as my grandparents). It was during this time that I truly understood the reliability of the Internet, and social media, both allowing me to be able to stay in contact with my loved ones, and making sure that they were safe. Of course it was nice to see their text messages and photos, but to me, our conversations weren’t as meaningful in comparison to talking to them in person. Fast forward to now, and I feel as if I’ve gotten quite accustomed to our new COVID rampant world. Waking up to login into google classroom slowly transitioned into me putting on a mask before leaving for school, and joining google meets transitioned into me, once again sitting at a desk before a teacher. The advent of the pandemic was when I was at the lowest point in my life, and I feel extremely proud of myself for overcoming that experience.

The year is 2009 on Christmas Day, and under the tree lies a rectanglar box. I slowly open itto reveal a blue Nintendo DS, and Mario Kart game cartridge, the first piece of technology that I could truly call my own. It’s safe to say that as the years go by, technology continues to becomea crucial and important part of each of our lives, my life being no different. I played on my DS forcountless hours on end, and of course all of the games were exciting, but I always wondered, what makes the DS work. This lit a spark in me, and inspired me to learn more about technology. 2009 soon became 2011, and my Nintendo DS was replaced with a Nintendo 3DS. The firsttime, 7 year old me put a cartridge into the slot, I was blown away by how much has changed between the two systems. Everything on the screen had depth, vibrant color, and ran at a crisp 60 frames per second, though at the time, all I knew was that the games were extremely fun and engaging. Though the Nintendo DS and 3DS were very similar, the Nintendo 3DS added anextra slot on the bottom left of the system, which, when pushed open, revealed a blue rectangle called an SD card. At the time, I had no clue as to what it was, and I had zero access to the Internet, so I did the only thing that I could think of, experiment. I took the rectangle out of my 3DS, and turned it on, only to be greeted by an error message saying that an sd card is missing from the system, and that the system’s storage is low. After I heard that, I went to Best Buy, andstood in amazement as I saw a massive wall of SD cards before me, all ranging in different sizes. I spent allowance money that I had saved for months on a new 32 gigabyte SD card, and plugged it into my 3DS. Before I knew it, my 3DS could actually fit more games than it ever could before. This felt like my first real project that I’ve ever done without anyone like my parents or older siblings helping me, and made me interested in trying out other projects on my own. Fast forward to the present, and not only has my love for technology grown even more, but instead of using my knowledge of technology and coding to only help myself, I’m helping my friends and family get rid of computer viruses, and creating programs that can allow games frompast game consoles to be played on a computer. I enjoy what I currently do, but I feel as if I can aim higher, and I feel as if Computer Science would be the best next step for me.