I was really impressed with how Luis has become familiar with technology and used it to find a possible career path for himself, to help his community, and his family. He is proficient in emailing and social networking.
Luis learned about computers by simply taking them apart and looking inside, and also online how-to videos. He has used this knowledge to help his parents, who are immigrants from Mexico, pay their bills online, and his mom is able to watch Spanish soap operas on youtube. That made me laugh!!
Luis is involved in Tech Wizards, a program at his high school which targets underrepresented youth in introducing them to careers in math, science, and engineering. With this team, he was able to use technology such as video camers,and GIS to take inventory of trees in their city, and report it to the city government. Then, his group was invited to give a presentation in Chile! How awesome is that! He and his friends learned that they were competent in technology and learned what kind of oppurtunities are out there for them.
He also helps his community by tutoring elementary school children in technolgy. He teaches them how to build robots.
Luis is excited that he is the first person in his family to even think of going to college. I hope that works for him...I'm sure it will.
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