Professional Events & Networking

Featured: Guilford College News Article

November 2025

Featured in Guilford College's official publication highlighting my journey and how Guilford opened doors to opportunities I'd never thought about.

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Featured Student Success

Charlotte ISSA Monthly Meeting at Microsoft

February 2026 - Charlotte, NC

Attended professional networking event focused on enterprise cybersecurity practices. Topics included Microsoft Entra conditional access, Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM), and secure AI adoption in enterprise environments.

Valuable opportunity to connect with industry professionals and gain insights into real-world cybersecurity implementations and best practices.

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Charlotte ISSA at Microsoft
Charlotte ISSA February meeting at Microsoft

RETR3AT Cybersecurity Conference

February 2025 - Montreat College

Participated in comprehensive cybersecurity conference covering deepfakes, cyber intelligence, and national security implications.

Featured Speakers: Jeff Crume, Lauren Goldman, Madeline Sides

Discovered PHISH Club, an organization focused on phishing awareness and defense.

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Capture The Flags & Hackathons Attended

Competition and challenge events focused on practical cybersecurity and collaborative problem solving.

Capture the Flag - UNC Charlotte

Hosted by the North Carolina National Guard Cyber Security Response Force

November 1, 2025

Location: UNC Charlotte

Participated in a regional CTF focused on practical cybersecurity challenges and team-based problem solving with students across multiple skill levels.

Challenge domains included digital forensics, web exploitation, secure coding, AI-related security tasks, and hands-on investigative workflows under time constraints.

The event emphasized collaboration, competitive problem-solving, and professional networking with pentesters, incident responders, and digital forensics analysts from North Carolina organizations.

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DoD Cyber Sentinel Challenge

Hosted by Correlation One on behalf of the U.S. Department of Defense

June 2025

Participated in the Cyber Sentinel challenge and competed for points across multiple cybersecurity domains in a fast-paced, hands-on environment.

Challenge categories included Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT), accessing secure websites, cryptography, and additional technical cyber tasks.

Strong learning experience with practical problem-solving, time-based competition, and real-world defensive/offensive thinking.

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Hackathon Participation Highlights

  • HackUNCP 2026 - 1st Place Overall (AURA)
  • AfroPix26 - 1st Place Overall (Gratitude)
  • HackNC State 2026 - 3rd Place, Agency Track (GUARDIAPASS)
  • HackNC 2025 - Best Community Hack (QuickVest)
  • HackNC 2024 - Participant (TimeVault)
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HackUNCP 2026 - AURA

AURA HackUNCP main page
AURA main page (HackUNCP 2026)
AURA security updates page
AURA security updates feed
AURA learning management integration
AURA planner and LMS integration

AfroPix26 - Gratitude

AfroPix26 team
AfroPix26 team photo
Gratitude logo
Gratitude project logo
Gratitude project walkthrough

HackNC State 2026 - GUARDIAPASS

GUARDIAPASS team at HackNC State
GUARDIAPASS team at HackNC State 2026
GUARDIAPASS award confirmation
GUARDIAPASS placement confirmation
GUARDIAPASS workshop session
HackNC State workshop session
GUARDIAPASS main vault page
GUARDIAPASS vault dashboard
GUARDIAPASS chrome extension
GUARDIAPASS browser extension
GUARDIAPASS AI website verifier
GUARDIAPASS AI website verifier

HackNC 2025 - QuickVest

QuickVest first pages
QuickVest app prototype screens

HackNC 2024 - TimeVault

TimeVault HackNC 2024 interface
TimeVault interface (HackNC 2024)