SMASH Academy is a free of cost, STEM-intensive college preparatory program for underrepresented high school students of color that is run in partnership with several universities, including UC Berkeley, UCLA, UC Davis, and Stanford University.
✔︎ I presented my career path, moments of resilience and some key advice as one of three speakers for the SMASH Speaker Series at Stanford University on July 19th, 2018 from 7 pm to 9 pm.
20. August 2012
• A turning point!
• I heard about “coding
bootcamps”
• Figured I’d give it a try
• Started using Codecademy &
Code School
• Lemme major in CS
@fvcproductions
21. 2013
• Graduated high school
• fvcproductions.com is born
• Studied C++, Philosophy, Astronomy
& Sociology at TCC
• Studied CS abroad in Germany
• Really got into programming
2014
• Enrolled at Hampton University
• Attended Meetups
• Attended conferences
• Applied to coding bootcamps
• A lot of self-learning
• First hackathon @fvcproductions
22. 2013
• Graduated high school
• fvcproductions.com is born
• Studied C++, Philosophy, Astronomy
& Sociology at TCC
• Studied CS abroad in Germany
• Really got into programming
2014
• Enrolled at Hampton University
• Attended Meetups
• Attended conferences
• Applied to coding bootcamps
• A lot of self-learning
• First hackathon @fvcproductions
23. 2013
• Graduated high school
• fvcproductions.com is born
• Studied C++, Philosophy, Astronomy
& Sociology at TCC
• Studied CS abroad in Germany
• Really got into programming
2014
• Enrolled at Hampton University
• Attended Meetups
• Attended conferences
• Applied to coding bootcamps
• A lot of self-learning
• First hackathon @fvcproductions
24. 2013
• Graduated high school
• fvcproductions.com is born
• Studied C++, Philosophy, Astronomy
& Sociology at TCC
• Studied CS abroad in Germany
• Really got into programming
2014
• Enrolled at Hampton University
• Attended Meetups
• Attended conferences
• Applied to coding bootcamps
• A lot of self-learning
• 1st hackathon @fvcproductions
25. 2015
• Fullstack Academy
• Designlab Web Design Course
• 1st tech conference talk
• 1st engineering job
• Started volunteering & mentoring
• GitHub & Quora life
2016
• Graduated from Hampton University
• Internship with Accenture
• Enrolled at Cornell Tech
• Product School
• More hackathons
• More conferences
@fvcproductions
26. 2015
• Fullstack Academy
• Designlab Web Design Course
• 1st tech conference talk
• 1st engineering job
• Started volunteering & mentoring
• GitHub & Quora life
2016
• Graduated from Hampton University
• Internship with Accenture
• Enrolled at Cornell Tech
• Product School
• More hackathons
• More conferences
@fvcproductions
27. 2015
• Fullstack Academy
• Designlab Web Design Course
• 1st tech conference talk
• 1st engineering job
• Started volunteering & mentoring
• GitHub & Quora life
2016
• Graduated from Hampton University
• Internship with Accenture
• Enrolled at Cornell Tech
• Product School
• More hackathons
• More conferences
@fvcproductions
28. 2015
• Fullstack Academy
• Designlab Web Design Course
• 1st tech conference talk
• 1st engineering job
• Started volunteering & mentoring
• GitHub & Quora life
2016
• Graduated from Hampton University
• Internship with Accenture
• Enrolled at Cornell Tech
• Product School
• More hackathons
• More conferences
@fvcproductions
29. 2015
• Fullstack Academy
• Designlab Web Design Course
• 1st tech conference talk
• 1st engineering job
• Started volunteering & mentoring
• GitHub & Quora life
2016
• Graduated from Hampton University
• Internship with Accenture
• Enrolled at Cornell Tech
• Product School
• More hackathons
• More conferences
@fvcproductions
30. 2017
• Graduated from Cornell Tech
• Started at Accenture
• More mentoring
• More open-source
• More designing
• More conferences
2018
• Less “volunteering” & free mentoring
• Started at Slack 🎉
• More speaking
• More open-source
• More Meetups
• Continue to grow fvcproductions.com
@fvcproductions
31. 2017
• Graduated from Cornell Tech
• Started at Accenture
• More mentoring
• More open-source
• More designing
• More conferences
2018
• Less “volunteering” & free mentoring
• Started at Slack 🎉
• More speaking
• More open-source
• More Meetups
• Continue to grow fvcproductions.com
@fvcproductions
32. 2017
• Graduated from Cornell Tech
• Started at Accenture
• More mentoring
• More open-source
• More designing
• More conferences
2018
• Less “volunteering” & free mentoring
• Started at Slack 🎉
• More speaking
• More open-source
• More Meetups
• Continue to grow fvcproductions.com
@fvcproductions
33. 2017
• Graduated from Cornell Tech
• Started at Accenture
• More mentoring
• More open-source
• More designing
• More conferences
2018
• Less “volunteering” & free mentoring
• Started at Slack 🎉
• More speaking
• More open-source
• More Meetups
• Continue to grow fvcproductions.com
@fvcproductions
34. 2017
• Graduated from Cornell Tech
• Started at Accenture
• More mentoring
• More open-source
• More designing
• More conferences
2018
• Less “volunteering” & free mentoring
• Started at Slack 🎉
• More speaking
• More open-source
• More Meetups
• Continue to grow fvcproductions.com
@fvcproductions
35. 2017
• Graduated from Cornell Tech
• Started at Accenture
• More mentoring
• More open-source
• More designing
• More conferences
2018
• Less “volunteering” & free mentoring
• Started at Slack 🎉
• More speaking
• More open-source
• More Meetups
• Continue to grow fvcproductions.com
36. 2017
• Graduated from Cornell Tech
• Started at Accenture
• More mentoring
• More open-source
• More designing
• More conferences
2018
• Less “volunteering” & free mentoring
• Started at Slack 🎉
• More speaking
• More open-source
• More Meetups
• Continue to grow fvcproductions.com
37. 2017
• Graduated from Cornell Tech
• Started at Accenture
• More mentoring
• More open-source
• More designing
• More conferences
2018
• Less “volunteering” & free mentoring
• Started at Slack 🎉
• More speaking
• More open-source
• More Meetups
• Continue to grow fvcproductions.com
@fvcproductions