Commended by the U.S. Senate
Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California commended me as the youngest person to earn the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner certification.
October 2018
In her words
Less than three months after I passed AWS's Cloud Practitioner exam, I received a Certificate of Commendation from the United States Senate, signed by Sen. Feinstein. It says why:
“I am proud to commend you on being the youngest person to receive this certification, and on your many accomplishments.”
Age 9
It almost didn't happen
AWS only let people 18 and older take its exams, so the testing center turned me away at 9. My dad and I emailed Andy Jassy, then AWS's CEO, and AWS made an exception. I passed on July 30, 2018, in Carson, California.
2018 to 2019
One of three honors
The Senate's certificate wasn't the first. The California State Senate's Certificate of Recognition, from Sen. Ben Allen, is dated August 24, 2018. Then in March 2019, the Redondo Beach Board of Education honored me at a board meeting, and that night I held all three certificates for a photo with my elementary school principal.