Laurel Sands

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EDUCATION

Wilde Lake High School Columbia, MD

Class of 2024

● GPA- 3.69(unweighted), 4.33 (weighted)

● Awards: National speech and debate honors society inductee, Honor roll, First Tee Metro Tour Tournament Award first place, JV Girls Basketball MVP 2022, Varsity Girls Lacrosse Coach’s Award 2022, Girls Who Code Summer Immersion Program Alumni, Applied Research Lab, GT Independent Research Acceptance, University of Maryland Brendan Iribe Cybersecurity Academy Alumni, Girls Who Code Self Paced Cybersecurity Certification, College Board African American Recognition Award 2022, Community Circle Trained VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

First Tee Howard County

● Learned life skills and character education through the game of golf and mentoring others 2013-Pesent St Johns Baptist Church Usher

● Volunteers at the church during service

Wilde Lake High School Environmental Club Trash Pick Up 2022

● Collecting trash along the Wilde Lake Village Center to help serve the community LEADERSHIP/WORK EXPERIENCE

Howard County Association of Student Councils Appointed Staff- STEM Committee 2022-Present Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory ASPIRE Internship 2022- Present STEM & Buds 2022-Present

Wilde Lake Chapter President

Art Honor Society

Social Media Manager

Math Honor Society

Wilde Lake High School Girls Coding Club 2022- Present Founder & President

● Focus on diversifying and exploring computer science Student Government

Webmaster 2021-Present

● Maintains the SGA canvas page and updates the SGA calendar

● Gained experience in HTML

Scholars Leadership 2021-Present

● Serves the community with service hours

● Plans and organizes events

Rise Up Mentorship Program 2022-Present

Mentor

● Works with Black and brown students to encourage and ease the transition from regular classes to GT classes Charter Deli 2021

Cashier

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

Math Team 2021-Present

● Work in teams on math problems to compete against other schools

● Improved teamwork and math skills by collaborating with other students Varsity Girls Golf 2021-Present

● Teamwork but individual focus

● Competed among other schools in the county and placed First Tech Challenge Robotics 2022

It’s Academic Club 2021-Present

● Work in teams to answer quiz questions at National Academic Quiz Tournament (NAQT) Competitions Other Activities: Rise Up Mentorship Program Mentee (2021-2022), Varsity Girls Lacrosse, JV Girls Basketball, Knitting and Crocheting Club, Chess club, International Club SKILLS & INTERESTS

Skills: Experienced in HTML, CSS, Javascript, and Python coding languages, Have experience in Linux operating system commands and windows powershell, Creating websites, and social media management Interests: Computer Science, Software Engineering, Business Management, Marketing, Cybersecurity, Finance, Entrepreneurship, Fashion, Art and Design

STEM EXPERIENCE

Classes: PLTW IED, AP Computer Science Principles, Operating Systems at Howard Community College, Cybersecurity Networking

Camps: Girls Who Code Summer Immersion Program Alumni 2021

● Learned and coded with HTML, CSS, and Javascript

● Website I created: https://Financial-Lit.laurelsands.repl.co Girls Who Code Self Paced Program Alumni

Cybersecurity certification

University of Maryland Brendan Iribe Diversity and Inclusion Python Academy Alumni 2021

● Python learning and programming

GT Project Lead the Way- Engineering Introduction to Engineering Design 2021

● Learning engineering principles; Used Autodesk to 3D print and design models University of Maryland Brendan Iribe Department of Computing and Diversity Cybersecurity Academy Alumni 2022

Learned basic cybersecurity principles and operation of Kali Linux system Cybersecurity Networking Academy at the Application and Research Laboratory Operating Systems at Howard Community College 2022 Technica Hackathon at UMD Participant 2022

UMBC CWIT Cyber 101 Participant 2022

Ron Brown Guided Pathway Support Program Participant

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