Nima Abrahim:  

I've been on a pretty good adventure since high school. Having been a transplant from Orange County, CA to Manchester, NH (where I went to HS), I didn't really fit in at my HS. Being Iranian in NH didn't help either (and frankly, neither did my awkward stage). The one good thing about NH was my dad starting a jetski rental business by a lake. I got to run it in the summers. I even flew back for a couple of summers after college started. That was A LOT of fun. By college all that was behind me. I was very good looking, in great shape, and back in CA (UCLA). I met some great friends, had some great roommates, a couple of great girlfriends, and just got to experience a great college and college town. I went to UCLA as a Biology major with medical school intentions. After UCLA I got my Masters degree at Loma Linda University. I got a Masters in Public Health with a focus on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention. My intention was to be a family doctor, viewing the patient as a whole person and following their lives as a whole and not just as snapshots whenever they got sick or hurt. My education at LLU taught me a lot toward that end. And, surprisingly, LLU being an Adventist school and me being Atheist/Agnostic, I fit in quite well. I made lots of friends and had some great girlfriends. During my time at LLU I had really gotten into computers. I would help my friends with their computer issues. About halfway through my degree, I actually decided that I wouldn't go to medical school and instead get into the I.T. industry. I finished my degree, but had no formal education or experience in computers. That's when I got really lucky. I found out that my sister-in-law's sister was about to marry a man who owns a computer training company in the DC area where my older brother lives. My brother lined up a job for me at that company and I moved to Maryland after graduation. So I was back on the East Coast, but this time in a lot better spot. I lived in Maryland just outside of DC. To this day I say that if I live anywhere on the East Coast again it will be the DC area. The traffic is horrible, but the people are nice, there is a lot to do, and it's pretty central to a lot along the coast. My new job in I.T. was great. They basically paid me to get trained! Fortunately I fit in really well and learned things quickly. I moved up the ladder very quickly and aft...Expand for more