March Alumni Spotlight: Thahur Ahmed (Silver Spring Community Program)
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March Alumni Spotlight: Thahur Ahmed (Silver Spring Community Program)

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.

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February Alumni Spotlight: Carla Gorosito Cox (Opportunities Plus)
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February Alumni Spotlight: Carla Gorosito Cox (Opportunities Plus)

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.

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January Alumni Spotlight: Stefanny Guerrero (Wheaton High School)
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January Alumni Spotlight: Stefanny Guerrero (Wheaton High School)

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.

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December Alumni Spotlight: Ya Awa Kaira (John F. Kennedy High School)
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December Alumni Spotlight: Ya Awa Kaira (John F. Kennedy High School)

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.

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November Alumni Spotlight: Marcos Moya (Gaithersburg High School)
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November Alumni Spotlight: Marcos Moya (Gaithersburg High School)

Marcos received his Associate’s degree from Montgomery College and his Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management and Operations Management from The Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland. He is currently working as a Transportation Manager at Amazon’s Headquarters in Seattle, Washington - responsible for developing programs to improve the transportation of packages within the Amazon network.

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