CHaiz15/Professional Story Draft

## Professional Story Draft
I graduated from a small town high school in Pennsylvania in 2017. For my senior year, I was accepted and attended the Entrepreneurship Academy at LindenPointe. Along with creating and pitching a business plan, the program exposed me to a network of leaders and students that accentuated my individual skills and passions, as well as help set goals for my future.

After eAcademy and high school graduation, I took a gap year in Colorado to further hone in on myself and what I wanted to do with my life. I worked as an outside service attendant and caddie at Cherry Hills County Club in Denver. I interacted with high level members and guests to maximize their golfing and country club experience. During the winter months I worked at Family Sports Center ice rink, as a rink attendant. While working full-time, I learned to appreciate the value of post high school education. I also realized how much there was to learn and better myself in order to be successful as an adult.

I decided to enter an exploratory year at Slippery Rock University to decide what best matched my interests and talents. After the fall semester as a Business major, I felt a strong desire to attend a team-driven school with an academic specialization. Also during this time, I was engaging in online self-study sites for programming languages; and interviewing recent graduates of coding institutions. My research led to schools focused on front-end and back-end computer engineering, especially the Turing School of Software and Design.

During my second semester at Slippery Rock University, I scheduled classes focusing on computer science to get a better idea of my aptitude and passion for coding. While in these classes I decided I wanted to pursue my studies at Turing, which seemed to fit my desire of a faster paced, community driven learning environment.

I am encouraged with the confirmation of my abilities as I started moving in the direction of continuing my education. Turing and coding has turned into a passion that has given me a new outlet to express my creativity and learn high-level, functional, skills that will be used in and out of the workplace. I am eager to use what I learn to positively impact the world around me as I grow my knowledge and professional portfolio.
	I graduated from a small town high school in Pennsylvania in 2017. For my senior year, I was accepted and attended the Entrepreneurship Academy at LindenPointe. Along with creating and pitching a business plan, the program exposed me to a network of leaders and students that accentuated my individual skills and passions, as well as help set goals for my future.

	After eAcademy and high school graduation, I took a gap year in Colorado to further hone in on myself and what I wanted to do with my life. I worked as an outside service attendant and caddie at Cherry Hills County Club in Denver. I interacted with high level members and guests to maximize their golfing and country club experience. During the winter months I worked at Family Sports Center ice rink, as a rink attendant. While working full-time, I learned to appreciate the value of post high school education. I also realized how much there was to learn and better myself in order to be successful as an adult.

	I decided to enter an exploratory year at Slippery Rock University to decide what best matched my interests and talents. After the fall semester as a Business major, I felt a strong desire to attend a team-driven school with an academic specialization. Also during this time, I was engaging in online self-study sites for programming languages; and interviewing recent graduates of coding institutions. My research led to schools focused on front-end and back-end computer engineering, especially the Turing School of Software and Design.

	During my second semester at Slippery Rock University, I scheduled classes focusing on computer science to get a better idea of my aptitude and passion for coding. While in these classes I decided I wanted to pursue my studies at Turing, which seemed to fit my desire of a faster paced, community driven learning environment.

	I am encouraged with the confirmation of my abilities as I started moving in the direction of continuing my education. Turing and coding has turned into a passion that has given me a new outlet to express my creativity and learn high-level, functional, skills that will be used in and out of the workplace. I am eager to use what I learn to positively impact the world around me as I grow my knowledge and professional portfolio.