I AM A 20 YEAR OLD HISPANIC LIVING IN RIDGEWOOD, NEW YORK. BOTH OF MY PARENTS ARE FROM ECUADOR AND I AM FIRST GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENT. IN MY FREE TIME I LIKE TO LISTEN TO MUSIC, PLAY GAME, DOODLE, READ, AND PRACTICE MY CODE THROUGH MINI PROJECTS. I NEVER HAD MANY THINGS WHEN I WAS GROWING UP BUT I STILL REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME I RECEIVED MY FIRST IPHONE. I WAS FASCINATED BY THE ENDLESS POSSIBILITES IT OFFERED. I SPENT HOURS EXPLORING IT'S FEATURES, TINKERING WITH IT'S SETTINGS, AND DOWNLOADING VARIOUS APPS TO EXPERIMENT WITH. AS I GREW OLDER, MY FASCINATION WITH TECHNOLOGY ONLY INTENSIFIED AS MY PARENTS WOULD RELY ON ME TO HELP THEM TROUBLESHOOT THEIR LAPTOP,SMARTPHONE, AND EVEN MY OWN PLAYSTATION UNIT. THROUGH VIDEOS I WAS ABLE TO GATHER ENOUGH INFORMATION TO FIX A DECENT AMOUNT OF TROUBLES THAT MY FAMILY WENT THROUGH WITH THEIR TECHNOLOGY. WHEN I GOT INTRODUCED TO THE WORLD OF PROGRAMMING, I WAS IMMEDIATELY DRAWN INTO THIS WORLD WHERE I AM GIVEN THE ABILITY TO CREATE SOMETHING FROM SCRATCH WITH JUST COMMANDS GIVEN ON A TERMINAL. I AM EXCITED TO CONTRIBUTE TO THIS AWESOME WOLRD OF PROGRAMMING.
IF MY EYES AREN'T GLUED TO WRITING ON A SCREEN THEN I WILL USUALLY BE TAKING WALKS AND EXPLORING NEW AREAS NEAR WHERE I LIVE. THIS IS MY WAY OF GETTING RID OF STRESS. I WOULD LISTEN TO A PODCAST ON SPOTIFY, BUY SOME CANDY SPECIFICALLY MIKE N IKE, AND JUST WALK AROUND DIFFERENT DISTRICTS UNTIL EITHER THE PODCAST ENDS OR THE BOXES OF CANDIES ARE DEVOURED. I AM ALSO AN OLDER BROTHER OF TWO SO I WOULD SPEND QUITE A LOT OF TIME PLAYING SOCCER OR BASKETBALL WITH BOTH MY BROTHERS AT THE PARK.
AS A HISPANIC, I AM PROUD OF MY CULTURAL HERITAGE AND HAVE ALWAYS BEEN INSPIRED BY THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF OTHER LATINX INDIVIDUALS IN THE TECHNOLOGY FIELD. I HOPE TO ONE DAY CONTRIBUTE TO THIS LEGACY AND BE A POSITIVE ROLE MODEL FOR OTHERS WHO SHARE MY PASSION FOR TECHNOLOGY AND PROGRAMMING. IN CONCLUSION, MY FASCINATION WITH TECHNOLOGY HAS DRIVEN ME TO PURSUE A CAREER AS A COMPUTER SCIENTIST, AND I AM EXCITED TO CONTINUE LEARNING AND GROWING IN THIS DYNAMIC AND EVER-EVOLVING FIELD.
