This is the latest in an
occasional series about outstanding young people who have completed our 3D
ThinkLink class.
“Back
home, not too many people believed in me and I often heard what I could not or
would not do, but this program has given me more power to prove them wrong,”
Tyeshia Blackmond wrote in an essay about her 3D ThinkLink experience.
The
youngest of nine children in her family, Tyeshia had quit going to school a
couple of years ago and was “hanging out with the wrong crowd.” She enrolled in
Washington DC’s Capital Guardian Youth ChalleNGe Academy last year in hopes of turning her life around.
Tyeshia
said she’s grateful for the opportunity to participate in our 3D program at CGYCA.
“I
am aware that everyone does not get a chance to be exposed to this type of
technology,” she explained in her essay. “I know of people back home that do
not have an idea of what 3D printing pertains to and can do.”
Being
in 3D ThinkLink class brought out her creativity and built up her confidence.
“I
would have never known I could be so passionate and it has been very empowering
to develop such skills,” she said.
Tyeshia,
who’s aiming for a career in social work or counseling, was chosen as one of
two student speakers at CGYCA’s graduation ceremony in June, 2015. She went on
to work as a summer intern at the DC Department of Consumer and Regulatory
Affairs.
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