{"id":218,"date":"2017-09-01T21:45:27","date_gmt":"2017-09-01T21:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ftc4991.wordpress.com\/?page_id=218"},"modified":"2017-09-01T21:45:27","modified_gmt":"2017-09-01T21:45:27","slug":"alex","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gear-freaks.org\/index.php\/home\/alumni\/alex\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Pereira"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Alex2017\"My name is Alex, I am currently in 8th grade. This is my 2nd year taking part in FIRST Tech Challenge with the Gear Freaks (FTC 4991). Before joining Gear Freaks, I used to program the EV3 Lego Mindstorm kits at school. I got interested in robotics after visiting NASA and Army Research Laboratory (ARL) and watching robots being used at ARL as a participant in their summer program Gains in the Education of Mathematics and Science (GEMS). GEMS is an Army-sponsored, summer STEM enrichment program for middle and high school students that takes place in participating Army research laboratories and engineering centers. I have attended GEMS at ARL for the past 2 summers. I have always had an interest in technology and am fascinated by how technology helps save lives. I am currently a coder and prefer my current position to being a builder as I like math and coding helps me solve problems by thinking logically.<\/p>\n

At school, I maintain straight A’s and I represent my class in Student Government Association (SGA). Math, Tech. Ed. and Science are my favorite subjects. They allow me to think logically and analyze problems to reach a solution. When I grow up I want to be a doctor or a computer engineer.<\/p>\n

Besides Lego Mindstorm, I have also programmed in Scratch and created a program similar to Balloons Tower Defense 5 (BTD5). I also like to code games on my TI-84 scientific calculator. I am currently working on creating a Super Mario game. I am excited to be part of the Robotics team and look forward to enhancing my coding skills.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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