Bio:

 Ever since I began doing extra research and practice with unity and programming in junior year, I've been known as "the god of unity"- but that seems like a bit too much for what I really am.  A more accurate description is what my peers in programming call me "the teacher's assistant that isn't a teacher's assistant" because I've checked people's programming and tested for bugs, I'll talk with the teacher to learn more about assignments/programming and share my knowledge with those who want it, I've discussed future lesson plans and have been consulted in deciding what to do in the future- but I don't get a TA credit. I didn't know what I wanted to do going into high school, I played games to waste time until the next day when I might find something that I truly cared about.  When I moved to North Carolina, I didn't know anyone, I didn't really have any friends, but video games would keep me company.  As soon as I found out about the academy I knew I had to apply, it would be my one chance to turn video games into something meaningful.  At the time of writing this, senior year of high school, I can safely say that I hate playing video games and they've become a simple time waster again.  However, MAKING video games has become a passion of mine and the realm that I feel I am truly competent and useful. I went to a week-long game creation and leadership camp over the 2017 summer.  At that camp, I realized how much the GAD academy helped me to truly understand how game creation works as most of the information we covered I already knew, and I had basically become the human instruction manual for, not only my team but for my district as well.  Not only did the academy help me learn to program, but I quickly became friends with a large group of people at camp because I was no longer afraid to talk to people.