I attended Wake Tech Community College for two years before transferring to Saint Augustine’s University. I am pursuing a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Information Science. This summer I am involved in an internship at Elizabeth City State University where I will be working with new programming languages such as Python, Git, and R. The name of the program is Science Gateways Community Institute. As I broaden my knowledge with these programming languages, I plan to improve my skills with them and hopefully use them in the workforce as the time comes. While I am doing my internship here at Elizabeth City State University, I will also be attending a conference in New Orleans called PEARC17. At the conference, I will also be exposed to more Python training and networking with conference attendees. My goal once I attend the conference is to learn as much as I can and get the best experience while I am there and to get a better understanding of how new programming languages work and how to become as proficient as possible. What I plan on learning while I am there is to learn how to think of ways to work around a problem. Hopefully obtaining those skills will help me apply them as I go on with my career.

As I complete my journey towards earning my bachelor’s degree and becoming the first in my family in earning a four-year degree, my next plan is to continue onwards towards my master’s degree. While I am completing this task, I plan to obtain a job where I will be able to apply my programming skills and work on real world problems. In my career, I hopefully plan to start my own business one day. I want to be successful where I can help provide for my family and myself and help lead others in the right direction of their own paths.