To share a brief, 30-45 second, impactful introduction of yourself, focusing on your unique life experiences and journeys into programming, especially highlighting life circumstances backgrounds that lead you to Pursuit.

• Reflect on your life experiences, especially focusing on your background and experiences. Consider how these experiences contributed to your path into programming and to Pursuit.
• Identify a key experience or moment that was a turning point for you in deciding to pursue a career in tech at Pursuit.
• Craft a concise narrative that ties together your life experience with your decision to become a programmer. Your story should aim to inspire and resonate with others who may have faced similar obstacles.
• Rehearse your story to ensure it's impactful yet fits within the 30-second time frame.
• Write your story on paper or on an index card to present from.

• Opening (5-10 seconds): Start with a strong, engaging sentence that introduces the core of your story, such as, "Facing eviction, I found solace and hope in the lines of code I began to learn late at night..."
• Middle (15-20 seconds): Share the essence of your journey, focusing on a pivotal challenge, how you overcame it, and the role programming played in this process. Highlight any significant life experience that led to a sense of achievement or realization.
• Conclusion (5 seconds): End with your name and your current role, tying it back to your journey, e.g. "And that's how I, Maria Chen, turned my trials into a triumph as a software developer." or "My name is Roberto Mbunga and I am proud to be a fullstack web developer".

• Discuss and decide on the order of presentations.
• Do a practice run based on this order. (each fellow should know who precedes them and be ready to start when that fellow finishes)
• Run a timer to make sure each fellow stays within 30 seconds.
• Consider changing the order based on similarity in story. (your choice whether to put similarities together or split apart. Both can be impactful)

Present your introductions to the class as a squad.

GOOD LUCK!