{"id":14316,"date":"2021-05-16T19:17:04","date_gmt":"2021-05-17T00:17:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/?p=14316"},"modified":"2021-05-16T19:17:53","modified_gmt":"2021-05-17T00:17:53","slug":"des-moines-student-wins-amazons-40k-scholarship-internship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/des-moines-student-wins-amazons-40k-scholarship-internship\/","title":{"rendered":"Estudiante de Des Moines gana una beca de 40,000 d\u00f3lares de Amazon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alexander Alvarado-Barahona, estudiante del \u00faltimo a\u00f1o de la North High School de Des Moines, ha sido galardonado con la beca Amazon Future Engineer, que incluye una beca de 40,000 d\u00f3lares para estudiar inform\u00e1tica en la universidad que elija y una pasant\u00eda remunerada en Amazon despu\u00e9s de su primer a\u00f1o de universidad.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alexander es uno de los 100 estudiantes de \u00faltimo curso de preparatoria de comunidades desfavorecidas de todo el pa\u00eds que recibir\u00e1n esta beca. Los ganadores de este a\u00f1o fueron elegidos entre miles de solicitantes e incluyen\u00a0<\/span><\/p><div id=\"holaa-1770162404\" class=\"holaa-ad-inside-articles-2\" style=\"margin-top: 2px;margin-bottom: 2px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><div class=\"holaa-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.desmoinesperformingarts.org\/whats-on\/series\/summerarts\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" aria-label=\"HI-SummerSeries-300&#215;250-SP\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/HI-SummerSeries-300x250-SP.jpg\" alt=\"\"  width=\"300\" height=\"250\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div><br style=\"clear: both; display: block; float: none;\"\/>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; 2 estudiantes de Iowa<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; 51 mujeres y 49 hombres<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; 86% de estudiantes BIPOC (personas aftroamericanas, ind\u00edgenas y de color)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">En el ensayo de Alexander para la beca, esboz\u00f3 una idea para implementar la identificaci\u00f3n biom\u00e9trica en los campus escolares en un esfuerzo por aumentar la seguridad escolar. Adem\u00e1s, habl\u00f3 de c\u00f3mo el trabajo en la tienda de comestibles local de sus padres, La Centroamericana, desde los 13 a\u00f1os fue formativo en su compromiso con los estudios.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><div id=\"holaa-665319186\" class=\"holaa-ad-inside-articles\" style=\"margin-top: 2px;margin-bottom: 2px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><div class=\"holaa-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/hhs.iowa.gov\/health-prevention\/diabetes-prevention-management\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Diabetes Spanish 300&#215;250\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Diabetes-Spanish-300x250-2.jpg\" alt=\"\"  width=\"300\" height=\"250\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div><br style=\"clear: both; display: block; float: none;\"\/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>DATOS SOBRE INFORM\u00c1TICA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; La Oficina de Estad\u00edsticas Laborales proyecta:\u00a0<\/span><\/p><div id=\"holaa-4071124543\" class=\"holaa-content\" style=\"margin-top: 2px;margin-bottom: 2px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><div class=\"holaa-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/progressiowa.org\/2023\/08\/take-action-with-progress-iowa\/?utm_source=news&#038;utm_medium=site&#038;utm_campaign=2026&#038;utm_id=News\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Progress Iowa Spanish 300&#215;250\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Progress-Iowa-Spanish-300x250-1.png\" alt=\"\"  width=\"300\" height=\"250\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">o De 2019 a 2029, el mercado de profesionales de la inform\u00e1tica crecer\u00e1 un 11 por ciento m\u00e1s r\u00e1pido que el promedio de todas las profesiones y,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">o En 2020, el salario medio anual de las contrataciones de inform\u00e1tica y tecnolog\u00eda de la informaci\u00f3n era de 91,250 d\u00f3lares, lo que supone m\u00e1s del doble del salario medio anual de todas las contrataciones en Estados Unidos.<\/span><\/p><div id=\"holaa-2551048036\" class=\"holaa-content_2\" style=\"margin-top: 1px;margin-bottom: 2px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><div class=\"holaa-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/yourlifeiowa.org\/locations?&#038;utm_campaign=FY2026_OD2A_MOUD&#038;utm_content=Recovery_is_Possible&#038;utm_medium=banner&#038;utm_source=iowa_newspaper_association\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"287-10024_MOUD_300BannersF_es-US_LaRecuperacion_01\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/287-10024_MOUD_300BannersF_es-US_LaRecuperacion_01.jpg\" alt=\"\"  width=\"300\" height=\"250\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; La inform\u00e1tica es la profesi\u00f3n de m\u00e1s r\u00e1pido crecimiento dentro del campo de la Ciencia, la Tecnolog\u00eda, la Ingenier\u00eda y las Matem\u00e1ticas (STEM), pero s\u00f3lo el 8% de los graduados de STEM obtienen un t\u00edtulo en inform\u00e1tica, con un peque\u00f1o porcentaje de comunidades desatendidas e hist\u00f3ricamente subrepresentadas.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Los estudiantes de comunidades desatendidas e infrarrepresentadas tienen entre 8 y 10 veces m\u00e1s probabilidades de obtener un t\u00edtulo universitario en inform\u00e1tica si han cursado el curso de inform\u00e1tica AP en el instituto.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><div id=\"holaa-3230212952\" class=\"holaa-post-content\" style=\"margin-top: 2px;margin-bottom: 2px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><div class=\"holaa-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/yourlifeiowa.org\/learn\/drugs\/about-drugs?utm_source=INA%20Spanish&#038;utm_medium=display&#038;utm_campaign=FY2026_SPFRx_FakePills#fake-pills\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"287-10559_SPFRx_FakePil-300&#215;250-px fixed\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/287-10559_SPFRx_FakePil-300x250-px-fixed.jpg\" alt=\"\"  width=\"300\" height=\"250\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>AMAZON FUTURE ENGINEER FAST FACTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Tercer a\u00f1o de funcionamiento del programa de becas<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; 300 becas concedidas<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; 12 millones de d\u00f3lares en donaciones<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; El objetivo de este a\u00f1o es llegar a 1.6 millones de estudiantes subrepresentados en todo el mundo a trav\u00e9s de Amazon Future Engineer con el aprendizaje de proyectos inform\u00e1ticos virtuales y pr\u00e1cticos inspirados en el mundo real.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"holaa-4284170549\" class=\"holaa-after-content\" style=\"margin-top: 2px;margin-bottom: 2px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><div class=\"holaa-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/progressiowa.org\/2023\/08\/take-action-with-progress-iowa\/?utm_source=news&#038;utm_medium=site&#038;utm_campaign=2026&#038;utm_id=News\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Progress Iowa Spanish 300&#215;250\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Progress-Iowa-Spanish-300x250-1.png\" alt=\"\"  width=\"300\" height=\"250\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alexander Alvarado-Barahona, estudiante del \u00faltimo a\u00f1o de la North High School de Des Moines, ha sido galardonado con la beca Amazon Future Engineer, que incluye una beca de 40,000 d\u00f3lares [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":14317,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[50,11],"tags":[2690,2687,1119,2688,2689],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"3.0.2","language":"es","enabled_languages":["en","es"],"languages":{"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"es":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false}}},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14316"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14316\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}