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[[File:NahomF Profile IMG.jpeg|thumb|NahomF Profile IMG.jpeg]]Nahom Fissaha was born in Ethiopia and moved to America when he was five. Since being born he has been curious and enjoyed tinkering by nature. Imagine the number of toys and household items he broke and frantically trying to fix them before his parents found out at age 11....now double that number. He is always trying to learn something and often has his nose buried in YouTube's some HowTo section video or listening to peoples stories. As a young DIYer who loves working with people, majoring in general engineering at JMU's project based program and felt natural for him. An As an avid traveler and explorer of culture and natural wonders he is also is working on pursuing a double minor in environmental and geographic science to protect them. Currently expanding His growth mindset mixed with his knowledge in these fields so he can transform entrepreneurship experience of working with his HowTo mindset, to mother have cultivated a more technical understanding of systems and design processes at playlove for working on projects. 

He loves Coolest Experience: Being given the oppertunitty to generate new ideas mentor 13 freshmen engineers through their first semester and feasible solutions with the resources he is givenhost a hackathon. 

Just as expanding When he is taking a break, he can be found wondering the Shenandoah National Park with friends, painting with acrylics, improving his technical coffee roasting skills are important, being able to work and engage with a variety of people is just as important to him. Thanks to rock climbing or working at his mothers convenience store and farmers market stand at a young age, his learning curve on how to work and communicate with people to reach goals was shortened. Having a boss that came home with him allowed him to see behind the scenes of running small businessesnon-profit called Our Community Place in downtown Harrisonburg.

When he is taking a break from school work, he can be found wondering the trails of the Shenandoah National Park with friends, painting away in his room, improving his coffee roasting skills, rock climbing or working at a non-profit called Our Community Place in downtown Harrisonburg. As you can see he can be all over the place. So if If you would like to contact him shoot him an email at fissahnm@dukes.jmu.edu. He usually likes to dedicate his focus to the people and place physically around him but usually responds back to emails look for a reply within 24 36 hours.