Editor’s note: NolaVie is proud to partner with five young tech apprentices in the Earn and Learn program at the Cowen Institute at Tulane University. The program offers intensive, career-focused technical and academic skills training through partnering institutions Bard Early College and Delgado Community College. We asked the Earn and Learn students to use their tech skills to write, produce, publish, edit and cover their community, with content that will appear here and on their own blog, Y-U-Kno Tech. First up: Meet the techies.
“Everyday Is A Tech Day: Darnell Narcisse”-Photo by Kelly Crawford
I’m Darnell Narcisse, and I work at Tulane University through the Earn and Learn Program at the Cowen Institute.
Position/Occupation: I am currently an apprentice in Technology Services.
Age:18
Where Am I From: New Orleans
If Stranded On A Desert Island: One thing that I’ll want to have with me is one reliable and dependable person that I’ve known for awhile.
My dream job someday: If I had the chance to I would, work in the Imagineering field at Walt Disney
My favorite comfort food: I love spaghetti and cheese sauce with a side of garlic bread.
One thing I like about New Orleans: Certain things here are original, and can’t be found other places.
One thing I hate about New Orleans: Unfortunately, the lack of knowledge about opportunities that are here.
Favorite Internet surfing sites: Bleacher report and YouTube are my top two sites.
Where I’d live if I could choose any place: I’ll probably stay down south since most of my family is in this area. I’d like to leave New Orleans, but I’d want to stay in Lousiana.
What people should know about me: I have a very creative mindset; I have the ability to look at basically nothing and make something come out of it. I am very curious and always have an eye open, ready to witness new experiences.
Tevin Wright (Photo credit: Kelley Crawford)
I’m Tevin Wright, a 22-year-old New Orleanian with brown eyes and braces who works in computers and technology.
Career goal: Own an Apple Store in the RiverWalk Shopping Center
Favorite restaurant: Manchu
Two things I’d want on a desert island: Food and my girlfriend
What I’d like to see happen in New Orleans: Better education
What I hate about New Orleans: Crime
Topics I’ll cover in my blogging: Cars, daily life in the city.
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