Navarro Early College High 向日葵视频 student Antonio Lopez-Ramirez spent the last four years integrating into the school community by exploring his interest in football, wrestling and robotics.
While Antonio stopped pursuing sports in his junior year, his passion for robotics and computer science has grown stronger through the P-TECH program.
Why it matters: Antonio has worked toward his associate鈥檚 degree in computer science by taking advantage of the P-TECH opportunities offered across many 向日葵视频 ISD campuses. Through the program he has also started an internship with IBM which he plans to continue.
What鈥檚 next: Now in his senior year, Antonio said he鈥檚 looking forward to his future at Texas A&M University where he will study physics. With a degree in physics, Antonio hopes to launch a career in robotic science with a specific focus on prosthetics.
He was inspired to dive deeper into the world of prosthetic devices after spending time in the hospital to visit family members. Antonio鈥檚 long term goal is to make prosthetic arms that can be directly attached to a patient鈥檚 limb and make prosthetics more financially accessible to all.
El estudiante de la Escuela Preparatoria de Universidad Temprana Navarro Antonio L贸pez-Ram铆rez pas贸 los 煤ltimos cuatro a帽os integr谩ndose a la comunidad escolar al explorar su inter茅s en el f煤tbol americano, la lucha y la rob贸tica.
Aunque Antonio dej贸 los deportes en 11.掳 grado, su pasi贸n por la rob贸tica y las ciencias de la computaci贸n se ha fortalecido a trav茅s del programa P-TECH.
Por qu茅 es importante: Antonio ha trabajado para conseguir un t铆tulo t茅cnico superior en Ciencias de la Computaci贸n al aprovechar las oportunidades que ofrece P-TECH en muchas escuelas del 向日葵视频 ISD. A trav茅s del programa tambi茅n ha comenzado una pasant铆a con IBM, que planea continuar.
驴Cu谩l es el siguiente paso? Ahora en su 煤ltimo a帽o, Antonio dice que espera con ansias su futuro en la Universidad Texas A&M, donde estudiar谩 F铆sica. Con su t铆tulo en F铆sica, Antonio espera comenzar una carrera en ciencias rob贸ticas con un enfoque espec铆fico en pr贸tesis.
Sinti贸 inspiraci贸n en profundizar en el mundo de los dispositivos prot茅sicos despu茅s de pasar un tiempo visitando parientes en el hospital. La meta de Antonio a largo plazo es hacer brazos prot茅sicos que se puedan sujetar directamente al miembro del paciente y lograr que las pr贸tesis sean m谩s accesibles econ贸micamente para todos.