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Stephanie teaches all of her nearly 100 students each year online. She shares some tips and tricks she's learned as an online educator.

Get students together in an online classroom or platform so they can interact with each other and use videos, tools, and interesting articles to drive conversations that facilitate learning.

- Stephanie Harvey

The pressure to fill open cybersecurity jobs is increasing. Gustavo Salazar is going above and beyond to share his cybersecurity knowledge with as many people as possible.

I wanted to become a doctor. I'm a different kind of doctor — a doctor of technology. I still get to help people. I help people with their knowledge instead of their health.

- Gustavo Salazar

Megan Chapman details her journey from student at Stanly Community College to IT professional, crediting the Cisco's Networking Academy program.

Cisco Networking Academy is very important if you are out of school for a long time and you want to go back and pursue a career in networking. It’s a well-rounded program and it’s very important for all students that are going to take this path to go through it.

- Megan Chapman

When the opportunity to take a Cisco Networking Academy course arose in his junior year, Allen Chen gave it a try. Today, he considers that decision the keystone of his career.

A really important thing with Networking Academy is to build relationships with professionals in the industry. When I was officially in the workforce, I had a lot of contacts that already knew me through other people, which was outstanding. Having those relationships is a key piece to career success.

- Allen Chen