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Hello, my name is Cecilia and I would like to bring you along my journey to become a cybersecurity professional and land my first job in the tech industry.
After I graduated high school I spent 5 years as business associate providing interpretation services for a variety of industries, including, but not limited to, 911 healthcare, insurance, finance, USCIS, etc. Being able to assist others with something as simple as breaking the language barrier in communication became a rewarding experience. Daily exposure to sensitive data, confidentiality practices and information security training piqued my interest in Cybersecurity and motivated me to want to learn and help others more. Unfortunately, like many others out there I didn’t know where or how to get started and decided to pursue a career as an EMT instead.
Later on, I joined Amazon as an FC Associate, and after working there for a year, I became eligible for a program called Career Choice. It is a program that Amazon offers to its employees who have been there for a minimum of 90 days, and will pay up to 100% of tuition and fees for eligible career paths. Lucky for me Cybersecurity Analytics was one of their approved courses that was offered by Flatiron School.
After making it through the interview process, I was accepted! I have always been a problem solver by nature, and enjoy learning new things. It has been a wild ride learning the basics and being able to put that knowledge to practice. My goal now is to use the skill set I build at Flatiron School to help protect data and assets for companies as well as teach others in hopes to help encourage someone else to take that leap as well.