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title: Brian D Flores Interview

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# Brian D Flores Interview
### DATE
**Course:** iOS
**University: Queens College** 
### Personal Questions
*Tell me about yourself.*
- I am freshman , queens collage 
- really stocked about codepath coming to queens 
- toook the cyber security 
- Didnt wantto wait for someoe to proctor the ios course 
- other students in his school dont like CS but he loves CS and feels CS is an art
- Wants to feel accomplished 

*Why do you want to apply as a Tech Fellow?*
- Really for codepaths message and vision 
- Felt really connected to codepath message

*What skills do you have that would contribute as a Tech Fellow? Prior experiences?*
- Winter of 2020 ; helped students prepeed for CS exams
    - Only 2 people showed up out of 14 
- Wants to make a bigger impact wiht codepath - Tenacicity 


*What does it take to build a good community in the classroom?*
- Common Interest
- Getting students to have commoin interest 

*What skills do you want to build/improve on? (technical/non-technical)*
- Leadership skills 
- ios development 

*How was the TF application process? Would you make any changes to improve it?*
- went two info-sessions and it was pretty helpul and infornative 
- webpages were straight foward
- Info-sessions cut me off and i wwould make them a bit longer 

*What would you improve in CodePath?*
- cohort been spaced out 
    - students dont work togther 
- A more centralised way of getting students connected 
- Delete pictures for cyber security? Allow students keep pictures? So others can refer to problem


### Live Demo 
Applicants should present their favorite tool that they used from the previous course that they've taken with. This should be presented through slides.

* **Additional notes:**
* **Verdict:** Pass/Fail

### Tech Fellow Covid Grant

Grant of `$599` sent directly to tech fellows via PayPal. All Tech Fellows can apply (for-credit, non-credit, returning, new, etc.). To qualify, TFs must:

* Write an essay about COVID + CodePath community-building
* Attend + Participate 9-week leadership training
* Recruit minimum of 15 students (Admitted status)

Application Opens: tba
Application Deadline: tba


ASK TF IF ANY QUESTIONS?

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