By John Robert Morton, Scholar and Alumni Affairs Liaison, and Juliet Agocha, APU Graduate
Rising up in Africa, Juliet Agocha’s village life was easy however wealthy with neighborhood spirit. Regardless of restricted assets, her dad and mom fostered her training by sending the formidable Juliet to the USA to review. She envisioned a future the place a baby from Africa may uplift any neighborhood and use her voice to encourage change.
Juliet now offers again to the College neighborhood. For 2 years, she has been a mentor for the College alumni neighborhood. She supplies steering and management to others to assist them advance their skillsets.
“My mentoring expertise has been superb. One of the best half for me was sharing my information and helping my mentees in reaching their private {and professional} targets,” Juliet says.
As well as, Juliet has labored to foster a extra cohesive atmosphere for all college students. Since September 2024, Juliet has served because the vp of the African American Studying, Inclusion, and Steerage Community (AALIGN), a scholar group devoted to serving the assorted wants of African American college students and alumni.
Juliet is stored busy with serving different communities. Final 12 months, she began the Juliet Agocha Basis to enhance individuals’s lives in underprivileged communities in Africa and have become the Assistant Vice President of Training for Toastmasters Worldwide.
Discovering Her Ardour for Know-how
Juliet’s ardour for expertise was sparked at a younger age when she first encountered a pc. For her, the power to create, remedy issues and create progressive supplies fascinating. She was drawn to utilizing expertise to enhance lives and drive change.
After migrating to the USA, Juliet began working within the healthcare trade. Nonetheless, this area was by no means a cushty place for Juliet, and she or he realized that she wanted a change.
“The problem of regularly studying and adapting in a fast-paced atmosphere motivated me to pursue a profession in tech,” Juliet notes. “I may mix my creativity and analytical expertise to make a significant impression. I really like what I do; working within the IT area makes me forward-thinking and results-oriented.”
Through the years, Juliet has labored as an software help engineer for The World Financial institution, a Safety Operations Heart (SOC) Operation Monitoring Analyst for Booz Allen Hamilton and a Senior Technical Monitoring Engineer for Accenture Federal Companies. In 2016, Juliet entered Oracle College to earn an affiliate diploma in database administration and realized Structured Question Language (SQL) programming as nicely.
Furthering Her Training
Later, Juliet determined to proceed her training. She earned a bachelor’s diploma in data safety and cybersecurity from Columbia Southern College in 2018 and went on to finish a grasp’s diploma in cybersecurity research from American Public College in 2020. Juliet was interested in the sector of cybersecurity as a result of she loves the power to make a direct impression, work with a various group and supply artistic options to others.
Juliet credit the College’s on-line programs and task format for her success. “For me, the College was an ideal match for my busy life,” Juliet says. “Particularly the self-paced strategy. I’d full my assignments at any time when I selected.
“Additionally, the curriculum was simple and simple to observe. I knew what to anticipate from every class by going via the syllabus and I knew what was anticipated of me.”
Recommendation for Different Cybersecurity Professionals
“My recommendation to anybody searching for to observe my profession path is to search out your individual ardour. Observe what works for you,” Juliet says. For her, discovering the fitting group, office and job was essential to her long-term plan for achievement.
“There are a lot of areas in IT. So discover totally different areas inside expertise, whether or not it’s software program improvement, information science, monitoring, undertaking administration, cybersecurity or UX design.”
Future Objectives
Juliet aspires to finally turn into a professor, in order that she will train and encourage the following era of scholars. “I consider within the energy of training to remodel lives, and I really like to present again to my neighborhood by sharing my information and mentoring college students.”
In regards to the Creator
John Robert Morton is a Scholar & Alumni Affairs Liaison and has been with the College for 15 years. His bachelor’s diploma in European historical past is from Troy College in Troy, Alabama. He additionally accomplished grasp’s levels in political science and sports activities administration from American Navy College. As a liaison, John Robert enjoys serving to college students and alumni obtain their private {and professional} targets.
About Our Division
The AMU and APU Alumni Affairs Workplace is devoted to sustaining lifelong relationships with college alumni by offering participating alternatives to remain concerned and related. We work intently with varied stakeholders to strengthen the alumni expertise and supply quite a few advantages, companies, actions, and occasions all year long.
As a group, the Alumni Affairs group works to construct and maintain relationships with alumni alongside their private {and professional} journeys. We actively search for methods to acknowledge and showcase alumni, telling their tales to encourage and encourage college students to pursue their targets.
In case you are an alumni neighborhood member and searching for methods to stay actively concerned, please get in contact with alumni@apus.edu and communicate with a group member.
