Aaroh Mankad
As a volunteer for three computer science education non-profits, Aaroh has been working on building a community around the classroom that allows students to take charge of their own learning.
Aaroh Mankad is a senior at Mission Vista High School, planning on a computer science major in college. He has made programming his passion for five years, all starting with his first mentor: his older cousin. He volunteers for several non-profits that inspire students to explore the world of programming.
Aaroh's goal is to be able to be the same kind of mentor he has been priviledged to have throughout his life to everyone he meets.
We're going to start with all of us closing our eyes (take some of the tension off of me). Now imagine yourself in the most boring math class you ever took. The monotone teacher is just buzzing on and on about who even knows, you haven't been paying attention for the past twenty minutes. He decides to give you a last minute homework assignment (great, something t