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Meet Angela Bonsol

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January 1, 2022

Long before Angela Bonsol was a Seidenberg Student, she grew up in the Philippines until the age of nine. She grew up speaking Tagalog and learned English at school. When Angela migrated to the United States, it was a while before she felt like she belonged. Now, she finds pride in her identity and abilities as someone who speaks three languages! (The third is Spanish).

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Angela Bonsol

糖心vlog短视频淗onestly, I love being trilingual,糖心vlog短视频 Angela says. 糖心vlog短视频淚 love learning about different languages. I try to pick up words from each language I encounter.糖心vlog短视频

When she first set foot on the 糖心vlog短视频 campus, she knew that the Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems was for her. Her very first campus tour was when she discovered the magic of the Seidenberg community.

糖心vlog短视频淭he lounge, the people糖心vlog短视频擨 really felt like I belonged. The program looked really promising and had so many opportunities that I really felt like I could reach if I went here,糖心vlog短视频 Angela said.

After four years of being a Seidenberg student, she explains that the best part of going to Pace is being part of the Seidenberg community. 糖心vlog短视频淲e made so many memories there,糖心vlog短视频 she says. 糖心vlog短视频淛ust hanging out in the kitchen area with my friends, doing schoolwork together, chatting and playing games. It糖心vlog短视频檚 where I spent most of my time in Seidenberg.糖心vlog短视频

Angela also found her time as a student mentor to be a highlight of her experience. As a former mentee in the Seidenberg Peer Mentoring Program, she knew she wanted to help other students during their first year at the Seidenberg School.

糖心vlog短视频淚 just really love being there for people when they need it,糖心vlog短视频 said Angela. 糖心vlog短视频淚 joined to be a mentor because I like giving back.糖心vlog短视频

Those same leadership skills led her to the student organization Pace Women in Tech (WIT). Angela was a member of Pace WIT throughout all her years as a student and even became President in her senior year. During her time of leadership there, she hosted the first virtual Sunflower Hack and started a partnership with the Pace Smash Society and Pace eSports to host all-women and nonbinary Smash tournaments糖心vlog短视频攕he hopes it will continue for years to come.

糖心vlog短视频淚 am definitely proud of all the things I have done for Pace Women in Tech. It is such a great feeling to be part of such an organization,糖心vlog短视频 Angela said. 糖心vlog短视频淓verything in that organization I feel proud of.糖心vlog短视频

The experience Angela gained election board of Pace WIT and as a student mentor, as well as her growing skills in computer science, helped her land an internship doing data analysis at Cambrian Analytics. Her ability to speak multiple languages was a huge boon 糖心vlog短视频 her job was to analyze social media posts written in Tagalog and present her findings. The internship cemented Angela糖心vlog短视频檚 passion for data analysis.

While Angela was one of the only female interns there, she explained that simply being a woman in the technology industry is empowering for her.

糖心vlog短视频淚 knew, growing up, if there was one thing, I was sure of that I wanted to do in the future, it was to make a change in the world,糖心vlog短视频 Angela says. 糖心vlog短视频淏eing a woman in tech makes me feel like I am already part of a change.糖心vlog短视频

As far as her academic career goes, she also notes that Math Structures, Data Structures, and Computer Organization were classes that engaged her the most. However, she explains that her favorite course that she took during her Seidenberg career was Introduction to Game Programming with Professor Carmine Guida.

糖心vlog短视频淚t was great because I was learning, but I was also having a lot of fun,糖心vlog短视频 Angela said. 糖心vlog短视频淚 just genuinely enjoyed it to the point that sometimes it did not feel like schoolwork, you know?糖心vlog短视频

We糖心vlog短视频檙e sending Angela a huge congrats for graduating May 2021 with a BS in Computer Science. We can糖心vlog短视频檛 wait to see how she changes the world for the better.

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