First Assignment/ Intro

Whats going on everyone? My name is Adrian Garcia. I am a transfer student from Valencia College in Orlando, FL, but I’ve lived in Brooklyn for about eight years now. I am a CIS/Cybersecurity major here at Baruch, and I am looking forward to getting back into the swing of things after taking about a decade and some change off from school. 

In the decade I have been away from school I have had plenty of different jobs, but they have always been in some kind of retail sales. I have worked selling everything from furniture to designer shoes, and currently I am a freelance market trainer and sales specialist in the beauty industry. Aside from specializing in sales I have also dabbled as a make-up artist since my move to New York in 2016.  

It may seem like an odd departure from beauty and sales to major in CIS, but during height of the pandemic during lockdown, like many others, I became unemployed. One of the biggest lessons i learned during this time was that my line of work has little to no stability. Thankfully during the lockdown, I was able to participate in a cybersecurity bootcamp located in the Bronx called Perscholas which is a nonprofit organization that focuses on helping the black and brown community enter the tech industry. During an intensive fifteen week bootcamp I, along with my cohort, learned and got hands on education in the cybersecurity realm. After fifteen weeks we all were afforded the chance to take an exam to obtain an official CYSA+ certification to further our tech careers. I am grateful that I was awarded the chance to participate in this program, as it jump started my journey to get back into school and taught me that I am still able to learn and apply new teachings.  

I hope to soak in as much as possible as I continue my journey in education, and I am excited to meet new people. I wish the best for all of us that are in this class together and may we all help each other. Lets get it!