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= Andreas Stefik = Andreas Stefik is a computer science professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He is also the inventor of Quorum, which is an evidence-based computer programming language and the first of its kind. Quorum was created to allow visually impaired people the opportunity to take part in the computer science field.

Education
At the start of Stefik's undergraduate career he was pursuing a bachelor's degree in music at Central Washington University. While he was a musician, he got into Linear Algebra after experiencing technical problems leading him to eventually finishing school with a Bachelor's in Mathematics as well as Music. Stefik then went on to receive his Master's Degree and PhD in Computer Science from Washington State University.

Career and Research
While Stefik was studying computer science at graduate school he started becoming interesting in the resources available for those with visual disabilities who wanted to pursue computer science. He found that there was nothing out their for those students and decided to create his own. It took over ten years for Stefik to create the program Quorum and in 2016 we received the White House Champion of Change for Computer Science Education for his efforts.

Through Stefik's research and works, he has received many grants. Most notably, he received grants from the National Science Foundation to help build his program Quorum. These grants and many others have given Stefik the ability to expand access for all those who want to receive an education in computer science despite disabilities through his work.

Awards

 * Java Innovation Award, Oracle Corporation, 2011
 * White House Champion of Change for Computer Science Education, 2016
 * Code.org Champions of Computer Science, 2018