LP shines this month's Alumni Spotlight on Jaime Reyes, an alum of the Silver Spring program in Montgomery County, MD.

Jaime is a 2015 graduate of the University of Maryland and received his Bachelor's in International Business and Finance. He currently works as a Global Business Process Specialist for Roche in San Jose, Costa Rica, where he designs and oversees the implementation of financial processes for the company's Americas region.

This month’s Alumni Spotlight shines on Justin Prasai, a Civics and Citizenship alum from John F. Kennedy High School in Montgomery County, MD.

Justin graduated in May 2020 from the University of Maryland with a Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering and recently, started his Master's program in Systems Engineering, with a focus on Human-Centered and Software Systems, at Johns Hopkins University.

He works as a Systems Engineer and Product Designer at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). He recently created an application that tells you about the delays happening at airports and in the airspace around the country called National Airspace System Status (NAS Status), https://nasstatus.faa.gov/. It is used by airlines and business aviation operators, and the flying public every day for flight planning and situational awareness.

Thahur graduated from Montgomery College in 2018 with an Associate's degree in Cybersecurity and is currently studying at the University of Maryland Global Campus, pursuing his Bachelor’s degree in Computer Networks Cybersecurity. Thahur works for the National Governors Association, covering different areas such as the organization's network, Cybersecurity, and technical matters.

Carla graduated from Virginia State University in 2014 with a Bachelor’s in Computer Engineering and a minor in Mathematics. She is currently a Sales Engineer at Unqork, Inc. She is responsible for configuring enterprise-grade applications for prospect clients and tech partners using Unqork’s No-Code platform.

Stefanny graduated from the University of Maryland, Baltimore with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) in May 2020. Stefanny has successfully completed her one-year nurse residency at Adventist Healthcare in their Cardiovascular Step-Down Unit. Most recently, she started working in their Joint Cardiac and Neurological Intensive Care Unit, where she is continuing to expand her nursing knowledge and practice by providing nursing care to the hospital’s most ill population.

Awa graduated from the University of Maryland with a Bachelor's degree in Government & Politics and recently completed her Master's degree in International Development from the University of Portsmouth in the United Kingdom. Her focus was on migration and gender, which culminated with her writing a thesis on how the socioeconomic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic have made Gambian women and girls more vulnerable to exploitation by human traffickers.