• Junior Year: Travelling to Tapia Conference where I met Cisco Systems that introduced me to great culture, leadership, and company social responsibility.

• Ronnie telling me that I should not wait.

• Sophomore year College: Walmart Labs Interview. They asked a really hard question about a horse, banana 200 bananas, and a 100 ft bridge. Prove if the horse can get across with some amount of bananas.
  • First of all… What the fuck. This is Walmart. Why is it so hard to get in. Plus this question would not help me be a software engineer.
  • Second, I’m glad I wasn’t hired by Walmart Labs. This would have changed my life trajectory
• Unreal Engine Projects
• Sophomore year College: Altamira Corporation’s investment in me Sophomore year. The recognize me and invested in me. And I ACCEPTED. They extended this offer to 2 people. Me and some guy that already interned at Microsoft. I doubt the other person accepted. I did because my previous internship was just with Arlington Public Schools. If I had a big name company already in my pocket I would not have accepted. I was hesitant on accepting to join their recruitment platform.
• Natasha Filipe
• Bobby Aselford
• CaughtUp Startup, I’m in charge. Working with people.
• Abstract Assembly: my brother the boss. It gave me perspective on how it felt like to be the one listening
• Not getting into innovate and Writing Sean Collins that I belong in the Innovate Living Learning Community and Sean Collins accepting me into the Innovate Living Learning Community.
• High school:
  • SENIOR PROJECT. Ms. Labella allowing me to pursue senior project.
  • Doing parkour, becoming an instructor, learning to create videos, how to teach/manage children, how to make progress.
  • Meeting Dan Jarvis at Urban Evo and putting me on the Flutter Track
  • Wendy Maitland, getting me on the Wakefield High School Application Project creating an Android and iOS Application.
  • Being too busy to keep Linear Algebra
  • Betty Sanders:
  • National Honors Society President:
  • National Science Fair:
  • Frank Mejia Teaching me to be consistent, existing as a role model, talking highly about me and supporting me.
  • Older brother being a very high achiever forcing me to try to be as good as him.

• Middle School: Science fair with Jami Delgado

• Moving to Arlington County

• Parents Moving to Virginia

• Constantly moving. I think I moved about 6 times before reaching arlington and attended:
  • Some school in texas (maybe day care)
  • Some school in manila, philippines
  • Morning Star Montisory School Incorporated, in Los Banos, Philippines
    • Not saying goodbye to Michael (best friend) (I wrote an essay on this in middle school)
    • Aaron cool kids group. I was second strongers (arm wrestling) so I was second in charge. Aaron was the cool kid and was stronger than me.
    • I remember having the car washed, outside by people and waiting for them to wax the car.
    • Having a van pick up and take children to school
    • liking Bianka (kinda…) her parents ran the school cafeteria.
    • We had big rolling bags.
    • I remember having a tutor. She would come to appartment and help me do work. and give additional work. I went to her house near robinson shoping center. it was raining and the ally way to her house there we’re metal sheets blocking the rain. I remember the rain pouring making a sound as it hit the metal sheets over our head. we we’re basically outside the house, yet surrounded by walls.
    • remember pluging in the american PS2 into the wall outlet and it started smoking (different voltage)
    • I remember each year there would be a performance done by the classes together. From dancing, to music, to making art with glow in the dark gloves. The event would be held in an auditorium.
    • I remember walking with father down a unpaved road near our house nad buying soda.
    • I remember being bitten by our dog, then going to hospital, then going to bakerhall where dad hugged me as I still continued to cry. When we got home I remember asking my dad what happened to the dog? it was given away. Since this was in the philippines, I was thinking the dog was killed. Sometimes I think maybe I did do something to provoke the dog. Maybe I did step on his tail or was bullying it. I feel like I was bullying it. Maybe i was pushing the dog around. I can’t remember for sure, but maybe I was. (I was small then but, I don’t believe it was fair for the dog to die. Note: Don’t leave children with animals unattended.)
  • Keenmill elementary at Fairfax, VA
  • Fairview elementary in Burke Virginia
    • Sam sikora’s arm breaking durin Max Roijtman’s bday
    • EJ filipino friend allowing my little brother to sleep over for a few days because parents took a trip
  • Gunston middle school
  • Wakefield high School
  • Virginia Tech
• Elementary: Mom and dad fighting and devorcing
  • Counselor pulling me out of class to talk to me about my parents
  • Family cars: not so good cars (used)
  • Dad being cheep and tempered

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