Julia O.

Julia is a previous NCWIT award winner having received the Certificate of Distinction in 2021, the Rising Star award in 2022, and State Honorable Mention in 2023. She is now gaining real world experience in the technology field by interning at Prime Therapeutics in the IT Department. She is a current senior in high school who has been interested in technology from the age of 3. She spent her summers learning about technology and made her first app at the age of 6 and practiced using 3D printers and recording studio programs at 8. She has attended every technology related class her local libraries had to offer, and participated in a multitude of computing programs, the more well-known ones being Girls Who Code and Reinventathon. Julia has experience coding with JavaScript, Java, CSS, and HTML and has earned Microsoft Certified Application Specialist: Using Microsoft Office Excel. She helps her fellow peers during her STEM classes and is always eager to learn. Not only is Julia an active learner, but also an active participant in her community having received the President's Volunteer Service Award and National Community Service Ambassador Award for her outstanding work in community service. At school she participates in Youth Service Advisory Council as Vice President, National Honor Society as Senior Class Advisor, Student Council as Executive Board Member, Link Crew as Executive Board Member, DECA, Burnsville Strong, and Math League. She plans on attending university in the fall of 2024 with a double major in cybersecurity and artificial intelligence. Her goal is to create a secure operating system that focuses on digital privacy.