Greetings everyone! My name is Nyki Anderson, I am an undergraduate Computer Science major returning to my education after a seven-year hiatus following financial hardship and a lapse in overall direction. We all find ourselves at a crossroads in life, mine just occurred earlier than the proverbial mid-life crisis (notwithstanding the potential for one of those in the future).

Despite changing majors several times in that time, I have always been a Bachelor of Science candidate: from math, computer science, atmospheric sciences, physics, and back to to computer science I have always loved the hard sciences. And throughout my educational career I have had several distinct challenges and successes in those fields. I've had several NASA internships and presented various research projects at interdisciplinary symposiums, university colloquiums, and international conferences. All of which have characterized the kind of scientist I am becoming.

At this point in my education, I intend to specialize in backend web development especially as it pertains to security. I'm interested in the DevSecOps method of integrating security into every aspect of the development process. As such, I firmly believe in working closesly with penetration testers and so-called ethical hackers and I use their unique skillset to test my own applications.

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