| If you’d like, share any extracurricular activities, professional details, or personal experiences you would like TSN partners to know about you. Responses can be as brief or long as you’d like. | My name is Md Siddique. I grew up in Bangladesh in a financially struggling family. It was hard for me to get an education that would help me reach my full potential. Because we couldn't pay for tuition, I had to drop out of high school. And start working with my father on our farms. My parents taught me how to be responsible, kind, and determined. Because of COVID-19, we had to sell everything and move to the United States. But that didn't stop me from following my dreams. I worked hard and taught myself English on my own. In three months, I got my GED, which let me go to college.
In college, I became active in a lot of extracurricular activities. I became part of Accelerated Study in Associate Programs (ASAP), where I got a free metro card and textbook, as well as an advisor who will help me with the courses that I need to complete within two years. I join clubs like the Red Hawk Engineering Club and the STEM Club, but my closest is the Bangladesh Student Association Club because a lot of members are from my country and face struggles like mine to come to the USA and pursue their dreams. I also joined the PTK Honors Society and the National Society of Leadership and Success, and I became a member of the Honors Student Advisory Committee (HSAC) after enrolling in honors classes. In addition, I have a total of four internships. My first internship was on campus, where I worked as a data analyst intern in the information systems department. And I was part of SYEP, where I worked as a graphic design intern. Also, I was part of Qstem (the partnership of LaGuardia and Queens College) and worked as a machine learning research intern, where I did research and, in the end, published my research. Currently, I am working at Art Beyond Sight as a Drupal and AI Application Intern, where I am working with a team to build an AI chat bot.
I was also chosen for the prestigious NIH Bridges Scholar program, which only lets 10 LaGuardia students in each year. My research will begin in December with a mentor (a LaGuardia faculty member) and will focus on machine learning in wireless sensor networks in the biology track. I also ran for office as Vice President of the Student Government Association (SGA), which I won with 80% of the votes. On top of that, I'm on the Faculty Student Disciplinary Committee (FSDC). The Faculty Student Disciplinary Committee, which is made up of college faculty, staff, and students, decides who is responsible if a student breaks the Henderson Rules, the school code of conduct, a CUNY rule, or a policy. I'm also on the committee that makes decisions about campus safety. In addition, I am the President’s Society Ambassador at LaGuardia. This is an elite program at LaGuardia Community College that gives students important job skills through workshops, events for culture, networking with business leaders, and leadership roles as college ambassadors. I was also in charge of my team at the LaGuardia community hackathon, which we won. My job was to oversee graphic design.
Outside of campus, I also did 150 hours of volunteer work for New York Cares, where I brought food to seniors and people with low incomes in my community. I want to become a team leader someday. Also, I'm a Fellow in America Needs You and was chosen as one of 75 first-generation college students in New York to be a part of a two-year program that helps people build their careers and learn how to be leaders. I also take part in NASA L'SPACE, a virtual workforce development program that receives funding from NASA and uses experiential learning to instruct and train students about the quick-paced space industry. Also, I'm a Project Alpaca Mentee, a non-profit that helps underprivileged NYC college students get ready for tech careers over the course of nine months. The program is a mix of mentorship, real-world projects, workshops, networking, interview coaching, and help finding an internship or job. It has small groups of 12 to 15 students. Finally, on the weekends, I work as a shift leader at Dunkin' Donuts.
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