Nationwide — Brian Key, an African American man from Studying, Pennsylvania, is making historical past and and proving that it’s by no means too late to observe your goals. After greater than 4 a long time of getting dropped out of school, he has now graduated from Studying Space Group School (RACC) with a level in Integrative Research and a Certificates in Cyber Protection. Much more, he graduated Summa Cum Laude with a 4.0 GPA.
Brian was 18 years outdated when he first began school in 1979 at Westchester College in Westchester, Pennsylvania. He was enrolled for a number of years however moved to North Carolina with plans to attend North Carolina A&T, an area HBCU. Nevertheless, he says that “life occurred,” and he by no means completed his school schooling.
He feedback, “I made a decision to return to varsity whereas in my 60s as a result of after my retirement, I needed to maintain my mind lively and likewise begin a second profession. As well as, I’ve all the time been impressed by my daughter who has two levels, a Bachelor’s diploma in Train Science and a Grasp’s diploma in Kinesiology. I selected Cybersecurity as a result of I needed to do one thing to boost my thoughts, plus I’ve all the time needed to be a hacker.”
Whereas enrolled as a pupil, he additionally made historical past as one of many oldest African American college students to be inducted into the Phi Theta Kappa Worldwide Honor Society.
His Publication
After graduating, Brian launched a free monthly newsletter to assist others who’re specializing in fundamental cybersecurity and networking expertise. He says that the email-based publication is for “common of us, important on this almost zero-privacy surroundings that we discover ourselves in.”
His New Ebook
Brian has additionally authored a brand new guide about Cybersecurity for younger adults. The guide is named The Adventures of Jumaane Fish, Volume One – Realest Verse by Bart Rivers (his pen title) a couple of fictional character named Jumaane who’s a school freshman studying the right way to use his cybersecurity expertise. The novel tells a coming-of-age story fused with an interactive, chapter-by-chapter playlist steeped within the timeless sounds of ’70s soul and R&B, immersing readers in an period when music spoke to battle, love, and future.
Set towards the backdrop of a post-2024 election America, the novel displays how historical past has a manner of repeating itself, particularly for younger Black males coming into their function. Within the story, Jumaane finds himself at a crossroads: whereas navigating pupil life, he’s additionally being recruited into ‘God Faculty’, an historic, mystical coaching floor for the chosen. However he’s not alone on this journey. The affect of Benjamin Banneker and Frederick Douglass emerges as central figures, guiding Jumaane in methods he by no means anticipated.
The guide may be bought on each Leap.co and BarnesandNoble.com
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