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"I love solving problems in computer science because of the difficulty it offers," Ismael says.
"Plus, it's a rewarding feeling to finally create what I envisioned from the start."
The Texas high school senior now has that dream job thanks to a $40,000 scholarship from Amazon, the Houston Chronicle reports.
"For two years, I've been wanting this scholarship, and the second it opened I applied," the 18-year-old says.
Ismael is one of 43 students in Texas and 400 in the US to receive the scholarship.
He'll use it to pursue a degree in computer science.
"I love solving problems in computer science because of the difficulty it offers," Ismael says.
"The freedom to build solutions to the problems you're given."
Ismael says he was inspired by his computer science teacher, Christian Florczak, who "gave us all the freedom in the world."
Ismael also joined the school's robotics team and "started leveraging some of that CS knowledge and began," Florczak says.
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