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[MUSIC PLAYING]

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Oh, wow.

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[LAUGHS]

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SPEAKER: You have three full minutes to untangle this,

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and I want you to lay out the different strands.

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All right.

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[LAUGHS]

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SPEAKER: OK.

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ELIAS MARCET (VOICEOVER): Cybersecurity

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is the field of information technology

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that deals with compliance and the security aspect of devices.

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You can think like a hacker to prevent hackers

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from entering a system.

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A lot of times, people use birthdays or the year

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they were born as part of the passwords.

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So it is very convenient if you know something about the person.

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That is called social engineering.

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My name is Elias Marcet, and I'm currently

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doing a Bachelor's in Cybersecurity

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at Miami Dade College.

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[LAUGHS]

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[MUSIC PLAYING]

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I'm from Ecuador, in South America.

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I came here with my mom when I was 17.

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I left everything in Ecuador--

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family, friends, my language.

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[CHATTER]

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I needed, basically, to start over.

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I realized that I wanted to have more, that I

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wanted to pursue an education.

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So how was the presentation there?

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ELIAS MARCET: My mom has five degrees.

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She has two bachelor's, two master's, and a doctorate

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degree.

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[CHATTER]

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I knew I wanted to make her proud of me

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as well as follow an academic path like her.

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At the beginning, I didn't know what path to take in college,

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but I figured the only way that I

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could figure that out was actually enrolling.

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So I just took a leap of faith.

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For quite a while, I tried to get into Miami Dade College,

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but there were a lot of roadblocks on the way.

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I was working full time, making minimum wage.

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My first year in college, I took one class at a time per semester

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because that's all I could afford.

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So for one whole year, I only did four classes.

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I was able to move up to site leader, or supervisor,

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and then I was able to afford classes.

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Finally, when I was 26, I was able to fully enroll.

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Hello, how are you doing.

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[LAUGHS]

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One of the biggest things in college

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is that you get to meet a lot of people.

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JULIANNE GRILLO: One of my favorite values and traits

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from Elias, Elias has been the best example

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that I have seen in someone who has

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put their mind into something they want to do and then do it.

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ELIAS MARCET: Are you going to cry?

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[LAUGHS] Keep going.

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[LAUGHS]

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[LAUGHTER]

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[MUSIC PLAYING]

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ELIAS MARCET: How you doing, professor?

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DIEGO TIBAQUIRA: Hey, how you doing?

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How are classes going?

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Everything's going good.

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ELIAS MARCET (VOICEOVER): It took me a while

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to get into the field of cybersecurity

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because I figured I would go with medicine.

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But when I took one of the general education

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classes, a computer competency class, I met Diego Tibaquira.

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Remember, I told you about the new programs?

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ELIAS MARCET (VOICEOVER): He taught me a lot about computers.

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ATE NSF grant afford us the opportunity of offering training

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for you to pass the certifications.

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Oh, that's awesome.

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ELIAS MARCET (VOICEOVER): He had told me

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that I did have an aptitude for computers.

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I went ahead and I took one class, just to see how it was.

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And I liked it, and I kept going from there.

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[LAUGHS]

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One of the things that I've benefited

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from while I'm in Miami Dade College

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is from the NSF and the ATE.

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And I wanted to know more about that because I've

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been benefiting from it but I have no idea what it is.

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The National Science Foundation funds ATE,

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the Advanced Technological Education grants,

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that has been able to give us the resources

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to build the programs that you and Julianne and your classmates

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have been able to go through, programs

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that offer opportunities for credentialing.

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The point is to bring not only a new perspective but a new group

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of professionals into the field that can carry us

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into the next generation.

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How many certifications have you gotten so far?

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I have six that were funded by them.

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For me, they're very valuable.

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They were able to help me prove that I

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knew the skills that the companies were looking for.

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I was able to not only showcase them,

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but I was able to talk about them during interview processes.

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Elias and myself, we both finished the AWS Solutions

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Architect Certification.

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ELIAS MARCET (VOICEOVER): And Julianne

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ended up working for Amazon, and when there was an opening,

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he called me.

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I was excelling in classes, so he actually

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put in a word with Amazon so that I would be hired by them.

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GEORGE YAGER: Once he starts something,

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he wants to finish it.

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He needs to finish it.

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And that's one of the best qualities he has.

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He believes in himself.

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I am so, so proud of him.

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[MUSIC PLAYING]

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You guys took an opportunity, and you

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have stretched to the max.

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This is the wall where we have all our students

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that have won the highest level of scholarships.

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Do you recognize this person?

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Yes, of course.

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That's your little boy.

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My little boy.

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DIEGO TIBAQUIRA (VOICEOVER): He came from uncertainty,

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not knowing exactly what he wanted

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to do, to number one student in the state of Florida.

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He was just elected unanimously to do a speech nationally.

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ELIAS MARCET (VOICEOVER): I feel like the future of cybersecurity

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is very good.

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I'm very proud of him, very proud.

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The field is broad and there's a lot

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of companies in need of it.

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