Look around you, what do you see? I'll tell you what we see while you think about it. We refer to Technology Service Corps, the 6 member team being trained at NPower NY. We see an abundance of need in our communities. These range from educational programs, such as tutoring and sports, to job development, placement, and training. NPower NY is helping come together to form a group and extend to our communities our experiences, ideas, and skills (especially our technology skills).

Coming from various backgrounds such as work experience, ethnicity, age, etc., we understand that our communities need assistance or improvement in numerous ways. For example, there are young kids on street corners or at home playing video games with no one to help them with their reading problems. We plan to use the tech knowledge provided to us by TSC, but we hope that we can also teach people in our neighborhoods compassion, understanding and value for communication.

We wish to use technology to empower non-profits and community based organizations so they can perform their tasks at a quicker, more efficient pace. We understand that computers and technology sometimes make people feel threatened or uncomfortable so we want to ease their fears. As we learn what to do when a tech problem occurs and how to handle it, we become better prepared to work with community based non-profits on using new advancements to their benefit. Ironically, as times change, we as people need upgrading as well. In the TSC program you will see people from the ages of seventeen to twenty five year olds doing that upgrading.

You see, we as individuals have had to survive and endure various experiences. Some of us have been raised in poverty or surrounded by violence and crime. In fact, one of us was raised outside of the U.S. with different beliefs and culture. Some of us feel that we have been failed by the education system. Regardless of background, this much we know is true: only action changes things whether in our personal lives or socially. Knowledge, plus information, plus action is the basic equation for equalizing mostly any situation.

If you’re still contemplating what it is that you see around you, then we ask you to take a real good look and analyze your surroundings. Take a minute to reflect -- Ask yourself, “How can I help change the things around me?”. We hope you see the need for resources, education, compassion, and leadership, like we do. We hope that when we are done with this program, you'll be ready, so we can collectively continue to work toward positive changes.

The members of TSC Class Two are, Robert Bonds, Isaac Delgado, Johnny Delgado, Jason Feliciano, Jose Guzman, and Francisco Rodriguez.  Click on our faces to the right to learn more about us.

 

Before I came to NPower, I always had an interest in technology.  The newest gadgets is what really caught my eye. I knew all the basics.  I knew how to cut them on, check my email and how to get on the Internet. But when I got accepted to TSC, it gave me this burst of energy. 

From there on I just couldn't stop seeking knowledge on this world of technology.  Even before that, I had no idea what so ever on what I wanted to do with my life.  Thanks to the entire staff of NPower NY, TSC and my fellow classmates, I now have that direction and focus needed to live an entirely new life. Now I know what I have to do and what it takes to succeed in this industry.

Isaac

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Isaac's bio will be here

 

Jason

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Jason's bio will be here

 

Johnny

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Hello everyone, welcome to our page. Let me start off by telling you a little about myself.  My name is Johnny,  I'm 24 year old Puerto Rican male living on the lower east side of Manhattan.....I like long walks in the park, going out to the movies, candle lit....oooh uuuh this is for TSC and NPower, oops.

But seriously, I have always been into technology.  Ever since I was younger, I loved calculators.  They were so cool to me, especially the one on the Casio wrist watch. If you owned one of those in school, you were the man.
I'm the type of person that sees a new piece of technology and has to have it.  Oh, and I watch a lot of Tech TV.

Being a part of NPower's TSC has really changed my life.  I'm finally moving in the right direction.  I've learned that there is only one thing that can hold me back from doing all I'm capable of, and that's me.

Thank you to all the Staff at NPower NY and Henry Street Settlement, I could not have done any of this with out you.

 

Jose

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My name is Jose Guzman and I am 19 years old, I live in Brooklyn and I am currently studying technology at NPower NY's TSC.

I became interested in technology not to long ago.  I was always wondering how technology works especially the components of a computer. There were all these many weird questions in my head and after coming to NPower (TSC) my questions were answered.  After I went through this training program, I now know a lot more about technology then I ever did before. 

Even with all the training and knowledge I've gained, there is still a lot more to learn.  Technology is forever changing.