Brandon Ferguson has been a member of Computer Mentors for the last two years.  He originally was adjudicated to the youth program through the Juvenile Justice System.  He was also enrolled in school at the Tampa Marine Institute (now known as AMIKids Tampa), a non-profit Hillsborough County alternative school.  Since then Brandon could be called the “turnaround kid”.  He is now enrolled at Tampa Bay Tech High School, a Hillsborough County magnet school, where he is working with teacher and CMG volunteer Gilbert “Jim” Truit to earn his A+ Certification.  He has also earned his IC3 Certification and a college credit through Computer Mentors, and is currently a member of the Advanced Program.  In the Advanced Program the youth are building and refurbishing computers to be given away by CMG. 

Brandon has been faithfully attending CMG on a weekly basis.  He has also recruited his brother Jaron Fleming, and they both attend the Tuesday night class.  Brandon, who stands about 6’ 2” tall and weighs about 230lbs, has a legitimate aspiration of becoming a professional football player, but that is only “plan B” in his book.  His plan is to become an entrepreneur and help people by fixing computers.  He’s getting a lot of practice with CMG where he says “At first it was hard, figuring out how everything connected together, but now it’s easy.”  We wish Brandon well in his future endeavors and are very proud to have watched him make his turnaround.