My name is Louis and I am currently a junior in Tappan Zee High School. I am sixteen years old and cannot wait for the future to come. I started my programming journey freshman year of high school. After taking those classes, I continued with the STEM field because Math and Science have always been my favorite subjects. Sophomore, and now junior year, I pursued computer science and my goal is to help make the world a better place through hard work. While I am not indulging in computer science, I enjoy playing tennis, football, and going to the gym. Some other fun activities include chess, videogames, and working part-time at Shoprite.
My time in computer science has been fantastic. There were and still are so many opportunities for me to hone my skills. Robotics in particular has made a huge impact on my life. From sophomore year, I have dedicated much time into coding the serializer along with the vision software for our 2022 and 2023 robot. I had went to competitions in 2022 where I was taught by my peers how FIRST Robotics Competitions worked. Other than this, AP Computer Science A really let me delve into my love for computer science. Branching from this, Computer Science Club and Honor Society were not a far reach for me. From CodeCon to Hackathons, I enjoy to spread my love for computer science and teach others who maybe do not know much about it.
Not only computer science, but math along with spanish I also am really interested in. That is why I joined Math Honor Society (Called Mu Alpha Theta), the Math Team, and Spanish Club. Also, I became one of the first people to try out a new advanced spanish class for juniors. Relating to computer science, my classmates and I are involved in a program called Project Invent that has the goal of solving a problem that is had around the world. Our specific goal is to create an facial recognition attendance system using a raspberry pi and tablet to make attendance easier and more efficient. Furthermore, I am a member of the principal's council, we attend meetings and give our feedback about what is going on in the school.
While computer science is exuberant, there are many other things I enjoy to do. Tennis and football are the main sports I enjoy. I started to play tennis when I was 15, and I have improved much since then. I joined the tennis team sophomore year for the first time and made junior varsity; doubles one. Also, I am fond of chess. I am rated 1400 in chess, and keep improving. I also know 5 programming languages which include, java, python, css, html, and javascript.
