{"id":26079,"date":"2021-04-20T16:40:02","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T20:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/?p=26079"},"modified":"2021-04-29T12:07:58","modified_gmt":"2021-04-29T16:07:58","slug":"ibm-pledges-10-million-to-mdc-so-it-can-train-students-for-in-demand-tech-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/ibm-pledges-10-million-to-mdc-so-it-can-train-students-for-in-demand-tech-jobs\/","title":{"rendered":"IBM Pledges $10 Million To MDC So It Can Train Students For In-Demand Tech Jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Computer hardware giant IBM pledged $10 million to Miami Dade College on Tuesday so it can train students for in-demand tech jobs in artificial intelligence, cloud computing and cybersecurity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The funds will be used throughout the next three years to offer upscale training for professors, bring guest speakers and advisors to help students in the classroom, provide modern software and hardware, offer curriculum advice and issue digital badges.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe train our community\u2019s workforce\u2014nine out of 10 students stay right here and work in our community,\u201d said College President Madeline Pumariega at Tuesday&#8217;s press conference announcing the partnership with IBM. \u201cIn this knowledge economy, the way that you&#8217;re passing economic prosperity is through continuing to upskill.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The partnership expands on the MDC\/IBM Skills Academy initiative that was launched last summer. It provides students with access to IBM certification courses in areas like artificial intelligence and cloud computing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Both programs will serve as strategic platforms for MDC\u2019s future Artificial Intelligence Center. The North Campus project will focus its curriculum on applied artificial intelligence but will be open to other majors dealing with new technologies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe&#8217;re looking into the future and we want the students to have those skills,\u201d said Antonio Delgado, who serves as dean of engineering, technology and design at MDC. \u201cWe want the students to have those jobs.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alexis Brown, who earned an associate\u2019s degree in enterprise cloud computing from MDC, got IBM certifications in enterprise security and security operations at MDC\u2019s Cybersecurity Center of the Americas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Upon graduation, Brown landed a job at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/usa.generation.org\/dc\/junior-cloud-practitioner\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Generation USA<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014a nonprofit organization that seeks to transform education to employment systems\u2014where she helped students in the program become junior cloud practitioners.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI learned more about what I&#8217;m studying and what I&#8217;m passionate about,\u201d Brown said about her opportunity with IBM. \u201cThis would help other students as well because Miami Dade College is a place where a lot of people are underrepresented. This is a very great opportunity for people like me to take advantage of this everlasting growing tech world.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The College said it will also continue to explore job placement and internship opportunities for students at IBM, especially those who complete IBM Skills Academy courses.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cTo be a smarter city, you need the workforce that&#8217;s ready [to] work,\u201d said Naguib Attia, vice president of IBM Global University Programs. \u201cThis collaboration will produce the students and the manpower you need.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Staff writer Ammy Sanchez contributed to this story.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Computer hardware giant IBM pledged $10 million to Miami Dade College on Tuesday so it can train students for in-demand tech jobs in artificial intelligence, cloud computing and cybersecurity. The funds will be used throughout the next three years to offer upscale training for professors, bring guest speakers and advisors to help students in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":452,"featured_media":26081,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2748],"tags":[62,334,2724,2870],"class_list":{"0":"post-26079","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"category-north-campus","9":"tag-technology","10":"tag-ai","11":"tag-cybersecurity","12":"tag-ibm"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>IBM Pledges $10 Million To MDC So It Can Train Students<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Miami Dade College announced a partnership with computer hardware giant IBM on Tuesday to teach students and faculty in-demand skills in the advanced technology field.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/ibm-pledges-10-million-to-mdc-so-it-can-train-students-for-in-demand-tech-jobs\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"IBM Pledges $10 Million To MDC So It Can Train Students\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Miami Dade College announced a partnership with computer hardware giant IBM on Tuesday to teach students and faculty in-demand skills in the advanced technology field.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/ibm-pledges-10-million-to-mdc-so-it-can-train-students-for-in-demand-tech-jobs\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Reporter: The Student Newspaper at Miami Dade College\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-04-20T20:40:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-04-29T16:07:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ibm_partnership_web.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Adriana Dos Santos\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Adriana Dos Santos\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/ibm-pledges-10-million-to-mdc-so-it-can-train-students-for-in-demand-tech-jobs\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/ibm-pledges-10-million-to-mdc-so-it-can-train-students-for-in-demand-tech-jobs\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Adriana Dos Santos\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a5e36cb5927d0afab414631dc1fdd2bf\"},\"headline\":\"IBM Pledges $10 Million To MDC So It Can Train Students For In-Demand Tech Jobs\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-04-20T20:40:02+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-04-29T16:07:58+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/ibm-pledges-10-million-to-mdc-so-it-can-train-students-for-in-demand-tech-jobs\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":429,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/ibm-pledges-10-million-to-mdc-so-it-can-train-students-for-in-demand-tech-jobs\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/ibm_partnership_web.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Technology\",\"AI\",\"cybersecurity\",\"IBM\"],\"articleSection\":[\"News\",\"North Campus\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/ibm-pledges-10-million-to-mdc-so-it-can-train-students-for-in-demand-tech-jobs\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/ibm-pledges-10-million-to-mdc-so-it-can-train-students-for-in-demand-tech-jobs\\\/\",\"name\":\"IBM Pledges $10 Million To MDC So It Can Train Students\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/ibm-pledges-10-million-to-mdc-so-it-can-train-students-for-in-demand-tech-jobs\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/ibm-pledges-10-million-to-mdc-so-it-can-train-students-for-in-demand-tech-jobs\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/ibm_partnership_web.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-04-20T20:40:02+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-04-29T16:07:58+00:00\",\"description\":\"Miami Dade College announced a partnership with computer hardware giant IBM on Tuesday to teach students and faculty in-demand skills in the advanced technology field.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/ibm-pledges-10-million-to-mdc-so-it-can-train-students-for-in-demand-tech-jobs\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/ibm-pledges-10-million-to-mdc-so-it-can-train-students-for-in-demand-tech-jobs\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/ibm-pledges-10-million-to-mdc-so-it-can-train-students-for-in-demand-tech-jobs\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/ibm_partnership_web.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/ibm_partnership_web.jpg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1080,\"caption\":\"Tech Training: Miami Dade College President Madeline Pumariega speaks at a press conference at the Business Innovation & Technology Center on Tuesday. At the event, MDC announced a new partnership with IBM to train students for in-demand tech jobs. The computer hardware giant pledged $10 million for the program. PHOTO COURTESY OF GIORGIO VERA \\\/ MDC MEDIA RELATIONS\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/ibm-pledges-10-million-to-mdc-so-it-can-train-students-for-in-demand-tech-jobs\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"IBM Pledges $10 Million To MDC So It Can Train Students For In-Demand Tech Jobs\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Reporter: The Student Newspaper at Miami Dade College\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"MDC The Reporter\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/08\\\/R_reporter_logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/08\\\/R_reporter_logo.png\",\"width\":315,\"height\":309,\"caption\":\"MDC The Reporter\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a5e36cb5927d0afab414631dc1fdd2bf\",\"name\":\"Adriana Dos Santos\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/Adriana_DosSantos_propic-125x125.jpg\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/Adriana_DosSantos_propic-125x125.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/Adriana_DosSantos_propic-125x125.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Adriana Dos Santos\"},\"description\":\"Adriana Dos Santos, 20, is a mass communication\\\/journalism major in The Honors College at North Campus. Dos Santos, who graduated from Ronald W. Reagan\\\/Doral Senior High School in 2019, will serve as editor-in-chief, briefing editor and social media director for The Reporter during the 2020-2021 school year. She aspires to work at a public relations firm.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/author\\\/adriana-dos-santos\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"IBM Pledges $10 Million To MDC So It Can Train Students","description":"Miami Dade College announced a partnership with computer hardware giant IBM on Tuesday to teach students and faculty in-demand skills in the advanced technology field.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/ibm-pledges-10-million-to-mdc-so-it-can-train-students-for-in-demand-tech-jobs\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"IBM Pledges $10 Million To MDC So It Can Train Students","og_description":"Miami Dade College announced a partnership with computer hardware giant IBM on Tuesday to teach students and faculty in-demand skills in the advanced technology field.","og_url":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/ibm-pledges-10-million-to-mdc-so-it-can-train-students-for-in-demand-tech-jobs\/","og_site_name":"The Reporter: The Student Newspaper at Miami Dade College","article_published_time":"2021-04-20T20:40:02+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-04-29T16:07:58+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1920,"height":1080,"url":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ibm_partnership_web.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Adriana Dos Santos","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Adriana Dos Santos","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/ibm-pledges-10-million-to-mdc-so-it-can-train-students-for-in-demand-tech-jobs\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/ibm-pledges-10-million-to-mdc-so-it-can-train-students-for-in-demand-tech-jobs\/"},"author":{"name":"Adriana Dos Santos","@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/#\/schema\/person\/a5e36cb5927d0afab414631dc1fdd2bf"},"headline":"IBM Pledges $10 Million To MDC So It Can Train Students For In-Demand Tech Jobs","datePublished":"2021-04-20T20:40:02+00:00","dateModified":"2021-04-29T16:07:58+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/ibm-pledges-10-million-to-mdc-so-it-can-train-students-for-in-demand-tech-jobs\/"},"wordCount":429,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/ibm-pledges-10-million-to-mdc-so-it-can-train-students-for-in-demand-tech-jobs\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ibm_partnership_web.jpg","keywords":["Technology","AI","cybersecurity","IBM"],"articleSection":["News","North Campus"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/ibm-pledges-10-million-to-mdc-so-it-can-train-students-for-in-demand-tech-jobs\/","url":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/ibm-pledges-10-million-to-mdc-so-it-can-train-students-for-in-demand-tech-jobs\/","name":"IBM Pledges $10 Million To MDC So It Can Train Students","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/ibm-pledges-10-million-to-mdc-so-it-can-train-students-for-in-demand-tech-jobs\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/ibm-pledges-10-million-to-mdc-so-it-can-train-students-for-in-demand-tech-jobs\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ibm_partnership_web.jpg","datePublished":"2021-04-20T20:40:02+00:00","dateModified":"2021-04-29T16:07:58+00:00","description":"Miami Dade College announced a partnership with computer hardware giant IBM on Tuesday to teach students and faculty in-demand skills in the advanced technology field.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/ibm-pledges-10-million-to-mdc-so-it-can-train-students-for-in-demand-tech-jobs\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/ibm-pledges-10-million-to-mdc-so-it-can-train-students-for-in-demand-tech-jobs\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/ibm-pledges-10-million-to-mdc-so-it-can-train-students-for-in-demand-tech-jobs\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ibm_partnership_web.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ibm_partnership_web.jpg","width":1920,"height":1080,"caption":"Tech Training: Miami Dade College President Madeline Pumariega speaks at a press conference at the Business Innovation & Technology Center on Tuesday. At the event, MDC announced a new partnership with IBM to train students for in-demand tech jobs. The computer hardware giant pledged $10 million for the program. PHOTO COURTESY OF GIORGIO VERA \/ MDC MEDIA RELATIONS"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/ibm-pledges-10-million-to-mdc-so-it-can-train-students-for-in-demand-tech-jobs\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"IBM Pledges $10 Million To MDC So It Can Train Students For In-Demand Tech Jobs"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/","name":"The Reporter: The Student Newspaper at Miami Dade College","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/#organization","name":"MDC The Reporter","url":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/R_reporter_logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/R_reporter_logo.png","width":315,"height":309,"caption":"MDC The Reporter"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/#\/schema\/person\/a5e36cb5927d0afab414631dc1fdd2bf","name":"Adriana Dos Santos","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Adriana_DosSantos_propic-125x125.jpg","url":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Adriana_DosSantos_propic-125x125.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Adriana_DosSantos_propic-125x125.jpg","caption":"Adriana Dos Santos"},"description":"Adriana Dos Santos, 20, is a mass communication\/journalism major in The Honors College at North Campus. Dos Santos, who graduated from Ronald W. Reagan\/Doral Senior High School in 2019, will serve as editor-in-chief, briefing editor and social media director for The Reporter during the 2020-2021 school year. She aspires to work at a public relations firm.","url":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/author\/adriana-dos-santos\/"}]}},"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":"Tech Training: Miami Dade College President Madeline Pumariega speaks at a press conference at the Business Innovation & Technology Center on Tuesday. At the event, MDC announced a new partnership with IBM to train students for in-demand tech jobs. The computer hardware giant pledged $10 million for the program. PHOTO COURTESY OF GIORGIO VERA \/ MDC MEDIA RELATIONS","source_text":"","source_url":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/452"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26079"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26079\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}