Estifanos Alene

Spring 2021 Engagement Scholarship Recipient

I was recently selected to be a part of the Microsoft Learn Student Ambassador Program where I will have the ability to continue learning and developing the necessary skills to thrive in the tech environment as well as being a mentor and a host of various events that are open to anyone worldwide! Although most events are hosted virtually given the current circumstances, the funds received from the PES Engagement Scholarship will be used to extend the work and efforts of making the tech field accessible to anyone and everyone through financial assistance to encourage involvement in the various workshops that I plan to host and promote over the next few months. 
My involvement with CODE2040, an organization that has a great mission of leveling the playing field for Black and Latinx individuals in the technology space, will allow me to reach a wider community base. In addition, I’m also part of CodePath which is another non-profit organization that provides college students with no-cost coding courses, mentorship, and career support to prepare them for careers in tech. These three organizations, namely, Microsoft Learn, CODE2040, and CodePath, give me a great platform to reach out to various individuals in order to introduce them to the various opportunities in the tech world. The funding from this scholarship will be put towards the different events that I will be hosting across the three platforms with the addition of personal workshops I plan to create.

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