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[[File:NahomF Profile IMG.jpeg|thumb]]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 his technical skills are important, being able to work and engage with a variety of people When he is just as important to him. Thanks to working at his mothers convenience store and farmers market stand at taking a young agebreak, his learning curve on how to work and communicate with people to reach goals was shortened. Having an amazing mother who happened to he can be an entrepreneur gave him a window to running small buisnesses. All found wondering the amazing characteristics he saw in Shenandoah National Park with friends, painting with acrylics, improving his mother were ones of coffee roasting skills, rock climbing or working at a true leader which peaked his interests non-profit called Our Community Place in learning them. First by learning how it feels to work under authority through high school sports such as wrestling and football and now onto more serious leadership roles. His first being Fundraising Chair of Alpha Phi Omega-Chi Gamma which gives him the chance to collaborate with community partners. He also is working on a leadership certificate through the Madison Engineering Leadership program where he has been given the oppertunitty to mentor 13 freshmen engineers through leading a weekly classdowntown 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.