My name is Ryan Stush and I am a rising senior at the Rochester Institute of Technology studying New Media Interactive Development. I recently took a FOSS class and was able to obtain a Co-Op with the RIT FOSS Box this summer. My team and I will be working on implementing the Mozilla Open Badges into the Sugar Labs XO laptops from their "One Laptop Per Child" program.

The first reason I wanted to do FOSS this summer is because I needed a Co-Op, however after I had completed the FOSS class in which my team built a new Sugar activity from scratch, I am exceptionally excited about working with open source because of how the ideals of community and teamwork is central to its mission.

Before the end of the summer, I hope to have at least a proficiency with how to use linux, a stronger grasp of the Python language, and to network with the amazing individuals with whom I will be working.