{"id":234,"date":"2017-09-25T16:11:42","date_gmt":"2017-09-25T16:11:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studentwork.wcu.edu\/template\/?page_id=234"},"modified":"2025-12-25T03:10:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T03:10:10","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/portfolio.wcu.edu\/maragon1\/","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_0  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-534 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/portfolio.wcu.edu\/maragon1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1894\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-18-091329-196x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/portfolio.wcu.edu\/maragon1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1894\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-18-091329-196x300.png 196w, https:\/\/portfolio.wcu.edu\/maragon1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1894\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-18-091329.png 479w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/>Hello, I'm Moises Aragon, an aspiring mechanical engineer and passionate advocate for accessible technology education. I'm proud to be part of the Academy of Engineering program, supported by the National Academy Foundation (NAF), which has been instrumental in shaping my journey in engineering<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-574 size-medium alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/portfolio.wcu.edu\/maragon1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1894\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-06-090752-221x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"221\" height=\"300\" \/>.<\/p>\n<p>With a background in salvaging and repurposing electronics, I've witnessed firsthand the barriers that high costs can create in electronics projects. This experience has motivated me to launch a project aimed at making electronics more affordable and accessible to a diverse audience.<\/p>\n<p>With the experience of projects I've worked on with NAF and the WCU College of Engineering, I am now well-positioned to pursue a career in engineering and potentially start my own business, making technology more accessible to everyday people and students.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-569 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/portfolio.wcu.edu\/maragon1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1894\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-06-085733-216x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"300\" \/>Last interned at RTX\/NAF Program called FRE(Future Ready Engineer) as a facilitator<\/p>\n<p>Currently Design Lead\/President for WCU Mini Baja<\/p>\n<p>Lead for the 2nd year Engineering Project(Taylorcraft B Aircraft project) Spring 2025<\/p>\n<p>SHPE Member and NAF Academy of Engineering (AOE) Alumni<\/p>\n<p>Please feel free to contact me via my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/moises-aragon-233440283\/\">linkedin.com<\/a> profile here.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-534 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/portfolio.wcu.edu\/maragon1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1894\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-18-091329-196x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" \/>Hello, I'm Moises Aragon, an aspiring mechanical engineer and passionate advocate for accessible technology education. I'm proud to be part of the Academy of Engineering program, supported by the National Academy Foundation (NAF), which has been instrumental in shaping my journey in engineering<img class=\"wp-image-574 size-medium alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/portfolio.wcu.edu\/maragon1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1894\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-06-090752-221x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"221\" height=\"300\" \/>.\r\n\r\nWith a background in salvaging and repurposing electronics, I've witnessed firsthand the barriers that high costs can create in electronics projects. This experience has motivated me to launch a project aimed at making electronics more affordable and accessible to a diverse audience.\r\n\r\nWith the experience of projects I've worked on with NAF and the WCU College of Engineering, I am now well-positioned to pursue a career in engineering and potentially start my own business, making technology more accessible to everyday people and students.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-569 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/portfolio.wcu.edu\/maragon1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1894\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-06-085733-216x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"300\" \/>Last interned at RTX\/NAF Program called FRE(Future Ready Engineer) as a facilitator\r\n\r\nCurrently Design Lead\/President for WCU Mini Baja\r\n\r\nLead for the 2nd year Engineering Project(Taylorcraft B Aircraft project) Spring 2025\r\n\r\nSHPE Member and NAF Academy of Engineering (AOE) Alumni\r\n\r\nPlease feel free to contact me via my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/moises-aragon-233440283\/\">linkedin.com<\/a> profile here.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-234","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/portfolio.wcu.edu\/maragon1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/portfolio.wcu.edu\/maragon1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/portfolio.wcu.edu\/maragon1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portfolio.wcu.edu\/maragon1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portfolio.wcu.edu\/maragon1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/portfolio.wcu.edu\/maragon1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/234\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":674,"href":"https:\/\/portfolio.wcu.edu\/maragon1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/234\/revisions\/674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/portfolio.wcu.edu\/maragon1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}