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Hello!! My name is <b style="color: rgb(51, 103, 153);" >Zein Zebib</b> and I am a student at the <b style="color: rgb(51, 103, 153);">American University of Beirut</b> in <b style="color: rgb(51, 103, 153);">Lebanon </b>majoring in <b style="color: rgb(51, 103, 153);">Computer and Communications Engineering</b>.
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I started my first year in university wanting to be an environmental engineer, but I took one programming course that changed my life and found a passion for programming. Since then I have been taking on multiple side projects to improve my programming and problem-solving skills. I did some cool things like automate opening my online classes, automate playing piano tiles and make an app similar to Google Drive for a university course. More is available on my [https://github.com/Hippity GitHub]
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During my journey at AUB, I decided to join a hackathon with my friends where we ended up winning first place and I founded a startup called FoxFeed. While working on my startup we joined the accelerator program at AUB where I learned how to pitch to investors, be a leader, and an entrepreneur. This crucial step in my life leads me to take a course in human-centered design that lead got me to the here UIF program.
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My dream is to use my knowledge in programming and entrepreneurship to empower the next generation and create products that help improve our lives.